Indian Congress leader Shashi Tharoor discharged from case filed over wife’s death

A Delhi court today discharged senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in a case related to his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death at a hotel in New Delhi.

Special Judge Geetanjali Goel passed the order in a virtual hearing.

Tharoor thanked the judge, and said it had been seven and half years of absolute torture and the ruling today was a "a great relief", reports our New Delhi correspondent.

Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in a suite of a luxury hotel in Chanakyapuri locality of New Delhi on the night of January 17, 2014. The couple were staying in the hotel as the official bungalow of Tharoor was being renovated at that time.

Tharoor was charged under sections 498A (husband or relative of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) and 306 of the Indian Penal Code by the Delhi Police.

During arguments in the court earlier, while police had sought framing of various charges, including 306 (abetment of suicide), senior Advocate Vikas Pahwa, appearing for Tharoor, told the court that the investigation conducted by a special investigation team of Delhi Police completely exonerated the 65-year-old politician of all the charges brought against him.