Doctors carry out post-mortem on Sunanda’s body

New Delhi: A three-member team of senior doctors at AIIMS here today began post-mortem on the body of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, even as police continued to probe various angles including suicide in the case.

Hours after his wife was found dead, the 57-year-old Union Minister of State for Human Resources was admitted to AIIMS after complaining of chest pain.

Sudhir Gupta, Head of Forensic Sciences Department at AIIMS said the post-mortem is being videographed to ensure transparency in the procedure.

Pushkar was found dead in her suite at the Leela Palace hotel last evening and the body was shifted to AIIMS at around 3:30 AM for post-mortem.

Tharoor was admitted to the ICU of the cardiothoracic centre of the AIIMS and a number of investigations including ECG were carried out on him. The Minister was discharged at around 12 noon.

Doctors said he was brought to the hospital with a "cardiac condition" but he is stable now.

Continuing investigation, police questioned a number of hotel staff and checked the CCTV footage of the lobby of the third floor of the luxury hotel where she was staying.

Sources in police said call details record as well as Pushkar's tweets were being checked. Pushkar and Tharoor had checked into the hotel on Thursday as their home was being painted.

A number of hotel staff, including those who had gone to her suite, were being questioned to corroborate the version of Tharoor and his staff.

Pushkar and Tharoor were at the centre of a raging controversy when reports emerged that she was upset over reported text and tweet messages between her husband and Mehr Tarar, a Pakistani journalist.

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Doctors carry out post-mortem on Sunanda's body