Sunanda Pushkar death: Court asks police to de-seal hotel suite

Delhi | Tuesday | 12th September, 2017

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File photomore-inA Delhi court on Tuesday directed the city police to de-seal a five-star hotel suite where Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar was found dead under mysterious circumstances in 2014. Pushkar was found dead in the suite of the South Delhi hotel on the night of January 17, 2014. The court had, however, said the probe agency would be at liberty to visit the suite before filing a compliance report regarding de-sealing of the suite. The court on July 21 ordered de-sealing of the suite within four weeks, saying the hotel cannot be put to unending hardship due to laxity on part of the police. “Till the reports clearly indicate ‘no further requirement’, the suite cannot be opened,” the police had said..