SHASHI THAROOR TO FACE TRIAL
JAN. 15, 2014 Sunanda and Shashi Tharoor fly from Kerala to Delhi JAN. 16 Tharoor’s checks into the hotel, they shift to suite 345. Sunanda calls up her friends, including Nalini Singh, informing her about Shashi Tharoor’s alleged affair with Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar.
SUNANDA FOUND DEAD
JAN. 17 Sunanda Pushkar found dead at Leela Palace Hotel, a day after she was involved in a Twitter spat with Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar over the latter’s alleged affair with her husband Shashi Tharoor JAN. 21 The SDM who was heading the inquest says Sunanda died of poisoning. The SDM, in his report, had said Sunanda could have died in “just three ways, homicidal, suicidal and accidental’ and the police should investigate further to ascertain the reason of her death JAN. 23 The probe into the death of Sunanda transferred to the crime branch of Delhi police JAN. 25 Case transferred back to the Delhi police
MURDER CASE FILED
JAN. 1, 2015 The Delhi police registers FIR against unknown persons under the Section of 302 ( murder) JAN. 15, 2016 The police receives AIIMS medical board’s “advice” on the FBI lab report on viscera samples of Sunanda to identify the cause of her death. Her viscera samples were sent to the FBI lab in Washington DC in February 2015 to determine the kind of poison that killed her after an AIIMS medical board identified poisoning as the reason behind her death but did not mention any specific substance
SWAMY SEEKS SIT PROBE
JULY 6, 2017 BJP leader Subramanian Swamy moves Delhi HC for SIT probe into Sunanda’s death OCT. 26 The HC dismisses Swamy’s plea saying his PIL was a textbook example of political interest litigation JAN. 29, 2018 Swamy moves the Supreme Court FEB. 23 Supreme Court seeks reply of the Delhi police on Swamy’s plea April 20 The police, in its affidavit in the apex court, says a draft final report has been prepared after conducting ‘ thorough professional and scientific investigations’ in the case MAY 14 The police files chargesheet in the case MAY 24 Case transferred to additional chief metropolitan magistrate’s court, a special designated court to try politicians MAY 28 Court reserves order on whether to summon Tharoor as an accused in the case JUNE 5 Court summons Tharoor as accused in Sunanda’s death case, says sufficient grounds to proceed against him