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Sunanda Pushkar case: SIT may ask for lie detector test on Tharoor
Sunanda Pushkar Case: SIT May Ask For Lie Detector Test On Tharoor. In fresh trouble for Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, he may be asked to undergo a lie-detector test in connection with the murder case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar, said media reports. According to reports, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) may appeal in the court for the polygraph test early next week.
No request for polygraph test, says Shashi Tharoor's office
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New Delhi: In fresh trouble for Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, he may be asked to undergo a lie-detector test in connection with the murder case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar, said media reports. According to reports, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) may appeal in the court for the polygraph test early next week. However Shashi Tharoor's office has formally denied this news. According to them, no request has been sent regarding conducting of polygraph test. Congress MP's office however reaffirmed that they will cooperate with the probe.
As many as six people have undergone lie-detector test as part of probe. In the last week, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) carried out polygraph test on 3 key witnesses-Sanjay Dewan, Narain Singh and Bajrangi.
During the polygraph test, over 100 questions related to some crucial facts, including injuries on Pushkar's body, were asked. All the suspects were asked about Tharoor's relationship with Pushkar and Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar. The messages recovered from Sunanda Pushkar's mobile phone were also part of the questions, said the officer.
Pushkar, who married Tharoor in 2010, was found dead under mysterious circumstances inside a room at the Leela Palace Hotel in Delhi on January 17, 2014. Police registered a murder case on January 1, 2015. Prior to her death, Pushkar was embroiled in a spat with Pakistani journalist Tarar, whom she accused of stalking her husband. The police had said in the plea that on January 17, 2014 Tharoor's close friend Sanjay Dewan came to the hotel at 5 pm and remained there till the discovery of Pushkar's death. He could not give plausible reason for cancelling his trip to Mumbai and his coming to the hotel in Delhi, it had said.
Tharoor has been questioned thrice in this case so far.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed to probe the case, is learnt to be looking into a possible link with the multi-million dollar Indian Premier League.
