Sunanda case: Pak visitors on cop radar
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New Delhi
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The Sunanda Pushkar probe
has taken a new twist with the Delhi police reportedly seeking the list
of passengers who travelled from Dubai and Pakistan to Delhi, and vice
versa, on January 17 — the day she was found dead in a five star hotel
in New Delhi. The exercise indicates that the cops are probing an
outsider’s hand in the death of former UPA minister Shashi Tharoor’s
wife. While senior officers refused to speculate on where the probe was
heading, sources confirmed the IB’s foreign regional registration office
(FRRO) had been asked for these details.
The police are also considering getting Sunanda’s viscera tested abroad to zero in on the poison in her body. An officer in the investigating team said on Thursday that the viscera could be sent to a laboratory in Scotland. Another option is the US FBI’s lab where CBI sends samples in special cases. A decision is due on Friday. A section of investigators, however, say suicide remains a possible cause.
The possible move to send Sunanda’s viscera abroad follows the failure of the forensic team from CFSL and doctors to shed light on what caused her death. In their medical report, AIIMS doctors had said that the cause of death was poisoning and mys teriously listed out a list of poisons (radioactive isotopes) and drugs which could not be tested in Indian labs. Earlier in February, senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy had raised a furore by claiming Sunanda’s nostrils had been squeezed for her mouth to open, after which she was administered a Russian poison.
Shashi hit back saying he had stopped taking Swamy seriously long ago.
About the passenger list being obtained, sources said that the Delhi police was basi cally trying to ascertain if any person from Pakistan or Dubai visited Delhi or returned on the day Sunanda was found dead. They are also trying to find out if a person flew in and out of Delhi on the day — or within a day or two — of Sunanda’s death.
Sources said once the list is received, cops will shortlist the “suspicious” travellers and try to question them.
There will be more than a thousand travelers whose antecedents will need to be verified, the source added.
A top officer said, “These things are a part of investigations and can’t be discussed or written about. We cannot talk about this.” On Thursday afternoon, some officials from Hotel Leela — the hotel where the death took place — were spotted at the Sarojini Nagar police station here, but the cops refused to provide details.
The police are also considering getting Sunanda’s viscera tested abroad to zero in on the poison in her body. An officer in the investigating team said on Thursday that the viscera could be sent to a laboratory in Scotland. Another option is the US FBI’s lab where CBI sends samples in special cases. A decision is due on Friday. A section of investigators, however, say suicide remains a possible cause.
The possible move to send Sunanda’s viscera abroad follows the failure of the forensic team from CFSL and doctors to shed light on what caused her death. In their medical report, AIIMS doctors had said that the cause of death was poisoning and mys teriously listed out a list of poisons (radioactive isotopes) and drugs which could not be tested in Indian labs. Earlier in February, senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy had raised a furore by claiming Sunanda’s nostrils had been squeezed for her mouth to open, after which she was administered a Russian poison.
Shashi hit back saying he had stopped taking Swamy seriously long ago.
About the passenger list being obtained, sources said that the Delhi police was basi cally trying to ascertain if any person from Pakistan or Dubai visited Delhi or returned on the day Sunanda was found dead. They are also trying to find out if a person flew in and out of Delhi on the day — or within a day or two — of Sunanda’s death.
Sources said once the list is received, cops will shortlist the “suspicious” travellers and try to question them.
There will be more than a thousand travelers whose antecedents will need to be verified, the source added.
A top officer said, “These things are a part of investigations and can’t be discussed or written about. We cannot talk about this.” On Thursday afternoon, some officials from Hotel Leela — the hotel where the death took place — were spotted at the Sarojini Nagar police station here, but the cops refused to provide details.
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