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Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor, union minister Shashi Tharoor’s wife, found dead at Leela Hotel in Delhi

Leela Hotel, Delhi where Mrs. Tharoor was found Dead [1]
Leela Hotel, Delhi where Mrs. Tharoor was found Dead

NEW DELHI : Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor, wife of union minister Shashi Tharoor, has been found dead at the five-star The Leela Palaces Hotel in Delhi, two days after she said she was deeply disturbed by an alleged affair her husband was having with a Pakistani journalist. (Read: Unseemly Twitter war involving Tharoors) Mrs Tharoor was 52 years old and has a 21-year-old son from an earlier marriage. Mr Tharoor allegedly informed the police of his wife’s death, reported the Press Trust of India. Sources said a suicide note has not been found. (Condolences pour in on Twitter) Mr Tharoor tweeted at 8:01 pm today that he would not attend the Jaipur Literature Festival because his wife was unwell. On Wednesday, in a series of tweets, she accused the Pakistani reporter, Mehr Tarar, of “stalking” the minister. (Blog: I wish Tharoors happily ever after, says Pakistani journalist) That evening, she told NDTV on the phone that she planned to seek a divorce and was “heart-broken”, details not reported by NDTV because it was seen as a private matter. She said she wanted to do an interview with NDTV. In a phone interview on air yesterday, she said she was happily married, but reiterated her charges against Ms Tarar. (Happily married and intend to remain that way: Shashi Tharoor, wife Sunanda after Twitter row) The couple then issued a statement which said they are “happily married” and intend to stay that way.” The statement added that Mrs

I just woke up and read this. I'm absolutely shocked. This is too awful for words. So tragic I don't know what to say. Rest in peace,Sunanda [2]
I just woke up and read this. I’m absolutely shocked. This is too awful for words. So tragic I don’t know what to say. Rest in peace,Sunanda

Tharoor was unwell and sought privacy from the media. The Tharoors were married in 2010. A few months before their wedding, Mr Tharoor was forced to resign from his first ministerial post after allegations that Sunanda, a Dubai-based entrepreneur, had been given free stake worth 50 crores in the new Kerala team for the cash-rich Indian Premier League. Opposition parties alleged that the “sweat equity” worth an alleged 70 crores, was actually a payment to Mr Tharoor for behind-the-scene services for arranging the sale of the team in his home state to a consortium.

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