Sudhir Gupta, the head of the forensic department of All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), today confirmed that the death of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, was unnatural and that she died of poisoning.
"Sunanda Pushkar's death was unnatural. We clearly said that this is a case of poisoning. This has been clearly stated in the opinion. This opinion has been made and formed on the basis of circumstantial evidence where certain drugs and poison have been recovered by Delhi police itself," Sudhir Gupta said.
Asserting that there is no iota of doubt in Sunanda dying of poisoning, Gupta said that it has also been confirmed by the chemical examination report of FBI America.
Earlier, the AIIMS medical board had said that Sunanda was died of poisoning due to an overdose of the anti-anxiety drug Alprax.
“The circumstantial recovery of empty Alprax tablets (27 tablets) and report of FBI, which shows that presence of Alprax in stomach and its contents, spleen, liver, half of each kidney, blood sample, as well as urine wet clothing, bed cover and bed sheet, confirmed the death due to 'excessive ingestion of tablet alprazolam," The Indian Express had quoted the AIIMS medical board as saying.
