The Sub-Divisional Magistrate, probing the death of Sunanda Pushkar, today directed the Police to investigate the case thoroughly including the murder and suicide angles after he categorically pin-pointed "poisoning" as the reason behind her demise.
Significantly, Alok Sharma, the SDM in his report, said no family member of Sunanda doubted for any foul play in her death, the sources said.
Doctors at AIIMS who conducted autopsy on Sunanda had said her death was "sudden and unnatural" and it was caused by "drug overdose" which in other words could be called drug poisoning.
52-year-old Sunanda was found dead in a 5-star hotel in South Delhi on Friday night, a day after her twitter spat with Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar over an alleged affair with Tharoor.
AIIMS sources said the autopsy report submitted to the SDM mentioned about over a dozen injury marks on both hands of Sunanda and a minor bruise on her left cheek which could be due to use of "blunt force". The report, however, ruled out death due to the injuries.
The autopsy report also said no food samples were found in Sunanda’s stomach which according to doctors suggested that "she had not been eating".
Comments
Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.
We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of TheHindu Businessline and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.