The Delhi Police received the FBI report through email.
By Sreekanth A Nair
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has ruled out the presence of polonium in the viscera samples of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of former union minister and a Member of Parliament, Shashi Tharoor.
Times Now news channel reported that the Delhi Police has received the report of FBI in an email that negated the presence of any kind of radioactive content in the viscera samples of Pushkar.
“We have received the FBI’s forensic report by email. A detail report is still awaited. Once we get the full report, the medical board would examine it”, Times of India quoted Delhi Police chief BS Bassi as saying.
Bassi said that further action would be decided only after getting the final report from the medical board.
The FBI report has been reportedly handed over to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that is probing Pushkar’s death.
Sunanda Pushkar, 51, was found dead in a luxurious hotel in New Delhi on January 17, 2014. The viscera samples of Pushkar were sent to the US since there was no facility in India to identify the poison content in her body. The police suspected that she died of some kind of poison.
Shashi Tharoor has been questioned several times by the police in connection with the case. Six people, including Narain Singh, Tharoor’s domestic help, driver Bajrangi and family friend Sanjay Dewan have undergone polygraph tests.
There were reports that Tharoor and Pushkar had arguments on personal issues several times in the hotel, where Pushkar was found dead.
Delhi police commissioner BS Bassi has said that Tharoor may be called for further questioning if required.