Sunanda Pushkar case: Case against Tharoor moved to fast-track court

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Sunanda Pushkar case: Case against Tharoor moved to fast-track court

Dubai - Delhi Police had last week filed charges in the death of Pushkar and named Tharoor as one of the accused.

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Published: Thu 24 May 2018, 5:43 PM

Last updated: Thu 24 May 2018, 11:44 PM

A Delhi court on Thursday transferred the case against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in the matter of the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar to a designated fast-track court.

Metropolitan Magistrate Dharmendra Singh transferred the case to the designated court of Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal as per a Supreme Court judgement, which said that cases against politicians would be heard by a fast-track court, and fixed May 28 as the date for further proceedings, a report in the Hindu said.

Delhi Police had last week filed charges in the death of Pushkar and named Tharoor as one of the accused (read detailed report).

The charges were filed under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections of husband or his relative subjecting a woman to cruelty and abetment of suicide.

Pushkar was found dead in a luxury hotel room in New Delhi on January 17, 2014.


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