Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Friday said the police was informed even earlier that a person named Sunil had come to see Sunanda Pushkar, the wife of Congress leader and former union minister Shashi Tharoor, before her death.
"As far as Sunil's character is concerned, who had come to see her just a little before Sunanda Pushkar's death and was seen by her loyal servant, Mr. Narain, this is the matter that the police had been told about earlier by the domestic helper," Swamy said.
"The police did nothing because till the Congress Party was in power, they wanted to hush up this case. I think the police seriously began taking this matter after Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh took my letter, telling him that I will be compelled to go on a PIL," Swamy said.
"He also said that at that time he was very much seized of the question whether a SIT should be appointed and was waiting for a police report," he added.
Swamy further said it's only then the police began to compile a report.
"And I think, they must have done some investigation. The hotel now claims that they have given all the close circuit records to the police. So, I am sure that the person will be identified by the police. And now, they are the best persons who can make it public who this Sunil is," he added.
Tharoor is presently undergoing treatment at a hospital in Perumbayil Mana Ayurvedic resort near Guruvayur in Kerala's Thrissur district.
Managing Director of Perumbayil Mana Ayurvedic resort, Sanjiv Karpur, said that Tharoor would be discharged this afternoon.
He also said Tharoor has agreed to meet the media before he leaves.
"He will meet the media friends because as I was talking to him about the media people waiting here for last three days. He said definitely, on his way, definitely he will interact with you, and then, he will check out around 5 O'clock. That is what the last information," said Karpur.
Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi had earlier on Wednesday said that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed to carry forward the probe in the case.
Bassi also said that the police is as of now is proceeding according to the action plan, and added that every aspect is being examined carefully.
Sunanda, who married Tharoor in 2010, had checked into The Leela Hotel in Chanakyapuri a day before her death on January 17, 2014.
Tharoor's aides said the couple had checked into the luxury hotel because of renovation work at his Delhi bungalow.
Prior to her death, Sunanda was embroiled in a spat with Pakistan-based journalist, Mehr Tarar, whom she accused of stalking her husband.
