The death of Sunanda Pushkar, the wife of Shashi Tharoor, is all abuzz in the media since its unfortunate occurrence on the 17th of January, this year. I've a couple of queries to begin with, which are:-
(a) Why has the spotlight got on the case now? Are there any fresh leads, that should help the case to
be solved earliest and which were suppressed till now? Was there an indication of the case being
dragged on to alter the course of the investigation?
(b) Would this case have gained so much prominence had the Congress come back to power?
What is unusual in this case are the following factors:-
(a) There seems to be no sense of urgency to get to the bottom of this unfortunate story.
(b) The unusual hurry shown by Sunanda's dad and son to give statements to the effect that they did not
consider any sort of foul play in the events that led to her mysterious death. Moreover, they seemed
to be eager to give a clean chit to Shashi Tharoor! (I still can't fathom the stand taken by the closest
relatives - in this case, the father who's a retired Army officer and the son - not wanting to get to the
bottom of the case. Can 'pressures' be so great that one takes the leeway to disrespect the dead? I'm
old fashioned in my thoughts and I'm sure that her soul will not rest till the truth about her tragic end is
finally, known to the entire world and the guilty brought to book).
(c) I've been following the news channels on the case and what struck me as very, very odd is that the
people who've come on the panel discussions and are known supporters of Shashi Tharoor -
I, too, am one I must confess as his involvement in the activities of my grandfather's Foundation has
been total - have been trying to put across that the case has to be handled sensitively! Wonder what
that means, is it that the law must take a different course just because he was a former minister?
With the revelations of Dr Sudhir Gupta, the head of the forensic department of the AIIMS, and Dr Subramaniam Swamy's explosive allegations, the case now needs to be resolved at the earliest. That's the only way for the cloud to lift off from the persona of Shashi Tharoor, who comes under the needle of suspicion and thereby, save his fledgling political career.
Tailpiece.
What amazes me is that there are many among us who're quite willing to be treated differently by the law. It's this blind subservience that we need to dump at the earliest!
(a) Why has the spotlight got on the case now? Are there any fresh leads, that should help the case to
be solved earliest and which were suppressed till now? Was there an indication of the case being
dragged on to alter the course of the investigation?
(b) Would this case have gained so much prominence had the Congress come back to power?
What is unusual in this case are the following factors:-
(a) There seems to be no sense of urgency to get to the bottom of this unfortunate story.
(b) The unusual hurry shown by Sunanda's dad and son to give statements to the effect that they did not
consider any sort of foul play in the events that led to her mysterious death. Moreover, they seemed
to be eager to give a clean chit to Shashi Tharoor! (I still can't fathom the stand taken by the closest
relatives - in this case, the father who's a retired Army officer and the son - not wanting to get to the
bottom of the case. Can 'pressures' be so great that one takes the leeway to disrespect the dead? I'm
old fashioned in my thoughts and I'm sure that her soul will not rest till the truth about her tragic end is
finally, known to the entire world and the guilty brought to book).
(c) I've been following the news channels on the case and what struck me as very, very odd is that the
people who've come on the panel discussions and are known supporters of Shashi Tharoor -
I, too, am one I must confess as his involvement in the activities of my grandfather's Foundation has
been total - have been trying to put across that the case has to be handled sensitively! Wonder what
that means, is it that the law must take a different course just because he was a former minister?
With the revelations of Dr Sudhir Gupta, the head of the forensic department of the AIIMS, and Dr Subramaniam Swamy's explosive allegations, the case now needs to be resolved at the earliest. That's the only way for the cloud to lift off from the persona of Shashi Tharoor, who comes under the needle of suspicion and thereby, save his fledgling political career.
Tailpiece.
What amazes me is that there are many among us who're quite willing to be treated differently by the law. It's this blind subservience that we need to dump at the earliest!
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