Clean chit to Shashi Tharoor in wife Sunanda's death probe: Delhi Police sources

New Delhi:  Union minister Shashi Tharoor has been given a clean chit in his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death probe, sources in the Delhi Police have said. Mr Tharoor has been cleared based on testimony by a witness who saw Mrs Tharoor alive two hours after the minister had left the five-star hotel in Delhi where the 52-year-old was found dead on Friday, sources said.

Sources added that the physical injuries found on Mrs Tharoor's body were unrelated to her death.

HERE ARE THE LATEST UPDATES IN THE STORY:

1. A three-member team of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences or AIIMS has submitted the preliminary findings of the postmortem report ofSunanda Pushkar Tharoor to a Sub-Divisional Magistrate or SDM investigating the case.
2. The report says Mrs Tharoor died between 4 pm and 6 pm on Friday. There is still no clarity on whether or not she committed suicide. The magistrate is expected to examine the autopsy report on Tuesday morning.
3. Sources say doctors found traces of Alprazolam, an anti-depressant, which indicates that Mrs Tharoor died of an overdose of some strong medicine or sedative. The probe will find out whether she had any prescription for the drug. Sources also said there was no trace of alcohol in her blood.
4. Doctors had said on Saturday that Ms Tharoor died an "unnatural, sudden death". 
5. Mr Tharoor, the minister of state for Human Resource Development, recorded his statement on Sunday before the magistrate investigating his wife's death. 
6. Mr Tharoor had earlier written to Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde offering "full and unstinted cooperation" in the investigation into his wife's death. "I have finally had a chance to catch up with the media reports and am horrified to read the reckless speculation rampant there," he said in the letter, calling for a swift inquiry so the "truth can come out as soon as possible." 
7. The death of Mrs Tharoor was a tragic twist in a tale of apparent marital strife that played out on social media and was splashed across newspapers. She was found dead on her bed at 9 pm by Mr Tharoor at the hotel they were staying in while their home was being painted. 
8. Earlier this week, she told the media that she had evidence of an affair between her husband and a Pakistani journalist, to whom she sent a series of angry tweets. On Thursday, the Tharoors tried to end the controversy by issuing a statement saying they were "happily married."
9. Mrs Tharoor's iPad and iPhone have been taken as forensic evidence by the police. Investigators are examining the CCTV footage at the hotel and the staff is also being questioned.
10. They married in 2010 in what was described as a fairytale wedding; it was the third marriage for both. Four months before that, Mr Tharoor had to quit his first ministerial post after allegations that a Rs. 70-crore stake given to his wife in the Kerala franchise of the IPL was actually a payment to the minister for arranging the sale of the team from his home.