Sunanda Pushkar death case: Congress flays charges against Tharoor; updates

Delhi police, in a chargesheet filed in the case, has accused Shashi Tharoor of abetting the suicide of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. Here are the latest developments in the case

Over four years after Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in a hotel suite in the nationl apital, Delhi Police on Monday filed a chargesheet in a court in Sunanda Pushkar's suicide case.  

In the chargesheet, Delhi Police has accused Tharoor of abetting Pushkar's suicide, a charge he dubbed "preposterous" and his party called "baseless".

The Congress leader has been charged under Sections 306 (abetment to suicide) and 498A (subjecting a woman to cruelty by her husband or his relative) of the Indian Penal Code, which entails a jail term that could extend up to 10