NEW DELHI: When a Delhi court discharged senior Congress functionary Shashi Tharoor of all charges in Sunanda Pushkar’s death case, he said it had brought a significant conclusion to the “long nightmare” that had enveloped him after the tragic passing of his wife.
After special judge Geetanjali Goel pronounced the verdict, Tharoor said, “Grateful your honour. It has been seven and a half years of absolute torture. I really appreciate it.”
Later, the Thiruvananthapuram Member of Parliament said in a statement on Twitter that he had “weathered dozens of unfounded accusations and media vilification patiently, sustained by my faith in the Indian judiciary, which today stands vindicated”.
“I would like to express my humble thanks to judge Geetanjali Goel for her orders today, discharging me from the charges levied by Delhi Police, which I have consistently described as preposterous. This brings a significant conclusion to the long nightmare that had enveloped me after the tragic passing of my late wife Sunanda,” Tharoor stated.
He further said that in our justice system, the process was all too often the punishment. “Nonetheless, the fact that justice has been done, at last, will allow all of us in the family to mourn Sunanda in peace,” he added in the statement. He was grateful to his lawyers, particularly senior advocate Vikas Pahwa and advocate Gaurav Gupta, for all that they had done to bring the case to this conclusion.
Pushkar was found dead in a five-star hotel room in Delhi on January 17, 2014. An FIR had been registered by police on January 1, 2015, against unknown persons for murder. Tharoor was later booked under IPC sections 498A (husband or his relative subjecting a woman to cruelty) and 306 (abetment to suicide).
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