New Delhi: Journalist Nalini Singh has revealed that Congress MP and former Union Minister Shashi Tharoor's deceased wife Sunanda Pushkar was upset about the relations between him and Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar. Sunanda feared that Tharoor was going to divorce her, Singh has said.
In her statement to the SDM on January 20 last year, exclusively accessed by CNN-IBN, Singh said she received a call from Sunanda, who was her friend, a night before her death. "Sunanda was distraught that Tharoor and Tarar were exchanging romantic messages," Singh said.
Sunanda told Singh that she had proof of Tharoor and Tarar having spent three nights in Dubai in June 2013. She also confided to Singh that she had "taken over the crimes of Tharoor in the IPL matter".
"Sunanda was distraught that Tharoor and Tarar were exchanging romantic messages," Singh said.
Singh told the SDM in her statement that Sunanda wanted her help in retrieving important BBM messages that Tharoor had deleted from his Blackberry mobile phone. Sunanda also mentioned that Tharoor had a previous romantic liaison with some other woman as well.
Responding to this revelation Tarar said, "I don't want to make any comment. I am waiting for the police to call me. I am ready to cooperate with police in investigation."
On spending three nights with Tharoor in Dubai, the Pakistani journalist said, "I was there at a function and many people were there."
Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi told CNN-IBN that the police was investigating the case. "We will share information after two to three days," he said.
Meanwhile, Tharoor arrived in New Delhi on Sunday but there is still no clarity on when he will be questioned in Pushkar's death probe. The police said they have no plans to grill Tharoor for now.
Tharoor was undergoing treatment for spondylitis at an Ayurvedic clinic in Kerala. Security has also been stepped up at his residence.
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