Tharoor irked by ‘murder accused’ gibe

MP Shashi Tharoor has sent a legal notice to Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad seeking an apology for calling him a “murder accused”.

“You are well aware that in the ongoing criminal case against Shashi Tharoor in relation to the death of his late wife Sunanda Pushkar, the offence alleged by the prosecution against him is not that of murder and the trial court is yet to frame any charges against him,” read the legal notice sent by law firm Suraj Krishna and Associates on behalf of Tharoor. (IANS)