New Delhi: Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor had checked into Delhi's plush The Leela Palaces Hotel in Chanakyapuri on Thursday morning al...
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New Delhi: Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor had checked into Delhi's plush The Leela Palaces Hotel in Chanakyapuri on Thursday morning along with her husband and union minister of state for Human Resource Development Shashi Tharoor, the minister's assistant said.
Mr Tharoor and she had checked into the Leela because their home was being painted, the assistant said.
On Friday evening, Mr Tharoor returned to their suite 345 at 8:30 pm after spending the day at the mega-conclave organised by his party, the Congress. When she didn't open the door to her bedroom, he asked the hotel staff to help him enter the room, only to find her lying dead on their bed.
Mr Tharoor's assistant then called the police around 9 pm, reports Press Trust of India.
Mrs Tharoor had been unwell and her attendant, the police said, thought she was resting and so had not checked on her.
At about 8 pm, Mr Tharoor had tweeted that he would not attend the Jaipur Literature Festival that began on Friday because his wife was unwell.
On Wednesday, in a series of tweets, Mrs Tharoor, 52, had accused a Pakistani reporter, Mehr Tarar, of "stalking" her husband. That evening, she told NDTV on the phone that she planned to seek a divorce and was "heart-broken", details not reported by NDTV because it was seen as a private matter.
In a phone interview on Thursday, she said she was happily married, but reiterated her charges against Ms Tarar. (Blog: I wish Tharoors happily ever after, says Pakistani journalist)
The couple then issued a statement which said they are "happily married" and intend to stay that way." The statement added that Mrs Tharoor was unwell and sought privacy from the media. (Happily married and intend to remain that way: Shashi Tharoor, wife Sunanda after Twitter row)
The police have not yet said what caused Mrs Tharoor's death. A post-mortem will be conducted today.
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