Sunanda Pushkar
remained an enigma for Indians even after her death. There are hundreds of
unanswered questions about her. Even her death is still considered mysterious
after three long years. She was a bright spot on the stupendous success story of
Shashi Tharoor. However, her death left a deep scar on the personality of Mr.
Tharoor. There are many who firmly believe that Shashi Tharoor was directly
involved in the death of Sunanda and that her ending was a cold blooded murder
rather than a suicide case.
Profile of Sunanda Pushkar
Sunanda was born
on 27th June, 1962. She belongs to a Kashmiri Pandit family. Her
father Mr. Pushkar Dass was a Lt. Colonel in the Indian Army. She had seen the
rise of militancy very closely. Her family somehow survived the attack on her
home and fled to Jammu in 1990.
Sunanda had
studied from the prestigious Government’s Women College, Srinagar. This was one
of the best colleges for women in India till 1990s until militants ruined the
educational environment of the beautiful city. She was also the President of
her College.
Husbands of Sunanda Pushkar
While studying
in college, she met a handsome guy named Sanjay Raina, who was also a Kashmri
Pandit and was a Hotel Management Graduate. They got married in 1986. However,
just after two years, Sunanda decided to come out of that marriage because of
some serious personal issue. The divorce had broken her. At that time, her
brother who was working in Dubai asked her to come there with a job offer.
Sunanda went Dubai in 1989 and started an Event Mangement business. That was a
success and very soon Sunanda became a popular name in the powerful circle of
Arab world and India. She had organized many successful model shows. She met
Sujith Menon while working on a project and they fell for each other. Sunanda
and Sujith got married in 1991 and the couple had a son.
Sujith returned
to Indian after few years and died in a road accident in 1997. Sunanda
continued to run her businesses from Dubai. However, she had already become a
member of powerful circle of Lutyen’s circle.
Sunanda met
Shashi Tharoor in 2009. At that time, both of them were single after getting
married twice. Shashi Tharoor had become a popular name in India because of his
attempt to become the Security General of the UN. They started to see each
other and decided to get married once Shashi Tharoor became an MP.
Was Sunanda
Murdered?
Sunanda had
posted some tweets of Mehr Tarar, a Pakistani journalist, on Shashi Tharoor
Twitter handle. She openly told that Mehr is stalking her husband. She further
stated that Mehr is an ISI agent. The episode happened on January 15th,
2014.
Sunanda was
found dead on 17th January, 2014. Obviously, the name of Shashi
Tharoor and Mehr Tarar figured in the investigation. Mr. Tharoor was a minister
at that time and he was living in a suite in Leela Hotel with Sunanda. He was
attending a program in Tal Katora Stadium and returned hotel in the evening
only to find Sunanda dead. Delhi Police initially termed it as a suicide.
However, AIIMS doctor who had done autopsy alleged that he was pressurized to
term the death as a suicide. An FIR was registered by Delhi Police in 2015
terming it a murder.
There are also
some startling revelations coming out. Arnab Goswami led Republic TV has shown
that Shashi Tharoor was constantly in touch with his right hand man Narayan and
giving instructions about Sunanda. Further, there are some proofs which say
that Shashi had also come to the hotel in the middle of the event at Tal Katora
Stadium. But, the most shocking stuff is the fact that Sunanda body was taken
to Room Number 345 from 307. It means she died or murdered in 307 and later her
body was taken to a different room so that the environment of suicide can be
created at ease.
Modi Government
is reluctant to let CBI investigate this case. It is very unlikely that Sunanda
Pushkar will ever get justice.
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