Sunanda died ‘unnatural’ death, autopsy shows

The wife of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor, found dead in a luxury hotel after accusing her husband of being unfaithful, suffered an “unnatural, sudden death”, a doctor who performed an autopsy on her body said on Saturday.

“More tests” are needed to determine the cause of Sunanda Pushkar’s death and the final results will not be known for two to three days, Sudhir Gupta, one of three doctors who performed the autopsy, told reporters.

He added Pushkar’s body had “some physical injuries”, but it was unclear whether they were related to her death.

Gupta, who is the Head of Forensic Sciences Department at the All India Institute of Medical Science (Aiims), dismissed reporters’ questions about whether the preliminary report pointed towards suicide, a drug overdose or murder, saying they had yet to give a final report.

However, he said the autopsy report would focus on investigating the sudden unnatural death from a medical angle.