Pushkar was found dead in a suite of a luxury hotel in the city on the night of January 17, 2014.
A Delhi court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in a case relating to his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death.
The Thiruvananthapuram MP has already been summoned as an accused on July 7 in the case.
Special Judge Arvind Kumar granted Tharoor the relief on personal bond of Rs one lakh while directing him to neither tamper with evidence nor leave the country without the court's prior permission.
Pushkar was found dead in a suite of a luxury hotel in the city on the night of January 17, 2014.
Here is a timeline of the four-year-old Sunanda Pushkar death case:
January 15, 2014
Sunanda and Shashi Tharoor fly from Kerala to Delhi, the couple fight incessantly on the flight. She allegedly slaps Tharoor at the Delhi airport; congress functionary Manish Tewari is a witness to their fights
January 16, 2014
Tharoor’s checks into the hotel, they shift to suite 345; the couple gets engaged in a nightlong argument. Sunanda calls up her friends, including Nalini Singh, informing her about Shashi Tharoor's alleged affair with Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar
January 17, 2014
Sunanda goes to sleep around 6.30 am; Shashi Tharoor leaves for AICC MEET. Help Narain Swami remains at the suite. Shashi Tharoor returns around 6.30 pm, claims to check on Sunanda after sometime. Finds her unresponsive, doctor called in, her ECG conducted. She is declared dead, but not taken to hospital
January 18, 2014
Autopsy report says death was sudden and unnatural; death due to drug poisoning. Police recover three strips of Alprax with three tablets left in the second strip. Magisterial inquiry initiated; statements of Tharoor and others recorded
January 23, 2014
Case transferred to crime branch, order reserved in 24 hours after it refused to accept the case
March 2014
Viscera and toxicology report says no poison detected; forensics does not conclude death. Cops send the report back to AIIMS for an opinion. AIIMS sends a questionnaire to FSL asking for minute details of the findings. The exercise is repeated a couple of times as police ask doctors for specifics, they ask the forensics in turn.
July 1, 2014
Dr Sudhir Gupta, who heads the panel conducting the post mortem on Pushkar, files an affidavit to the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) alleging he was pressured to "cover up the matter" and give a "tailor-made report."
October, 2014
They submit a status report to home ministry, ask cops to thoroughly probe
November 2014
Cops expedite the probe, revisit all theories, provide further evidence to doctors
December 29, 2014
Police receive 'final medical report' that says death is homicidal in nature and due to poisoning
January 6, 2015
FIR under section 302 (Murder) registered
October 4, 2016
Delhi Police asks ED to probe financial irregularities in the setting up of the IPL Kochi Team
January 29, 2017
It is reported that a month back The independent medical board constituted to submit a report on the death of Sunanda Pushkar, failed to make any conclusions in its findings submitted to Delhi Police after studying the findings of FBI and AIIMS.
August 30, 2017
The Delhi HC raps the Delhi Police for its delay and lackadaisical attitude in investigating the case.
March 12, 2018
Vasant Vihar SDM Alok Sharma, who inspects the scene of crime and conducts inquest proceedings, is of the view that it was not a suicide, says a report prepared by then Deputy Commissioner of Police BS Jaiswal. The report questions the teeth bite & injection marks on he. Whether poison was given orally or injected is a matter to be probed, the report says.
May 14, 2018
The Delhi Police had filed a charge sheet in the court, in which it named Tharoor as an accused, under sections 306 (Abetment of suicide) and 498A (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).Tharoor, however, had dismissed the charge sheet filed as "preposterous".
May 24, 2018
The Delhi court, which was hearing the case, transferred the matter to the Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (ACMM), Samar Vishal.
The court had said, "Since he (Tharoor) is a sitting Member of Parliament, the matter is being sent to the special designated court for politicians, that is ACMM Samar Vishal. Matter be taken up on May 28."
June 5, 2018
The Delhi court had issued a summon notice to Tharoor Tharoor, who has been charged for "abetment to suicide and cruelty" in the case, was asked to appear before the court on July 7. The court had also taken cognizance of the charge-sheet filed in the case.
July 5, 2018
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor was granted anticipatory bail in wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death case by Delhi’s Patiala Court on Thursday. Tharoor will have to furnish a bail bond of Rs 1 lakh and won’t be able to leave the country without court’s permission.
(With PTI inputs)
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