Sunanda Pushkar, who was upset over an alleged extra-marital affair between her minister husband Shashi Tharoor and a Pakistani journalist, was found dead in a five-star hotel room in what the police believe is a case of suicide. The body of 52-year-old Pushkar, a woman entrepreneur who married Tharoor in August 2010, was found in luxury Leela Palace hotel in South Delhi, a top police source said. “The Minister informed us of the death and it seems it is a case of suicide,” the sources said on condition of anonymity. Pushkar and Tharoor were at the centre of a raging controversy in the last two days when reports emerged that she was upset over reported text and tweet messages between her husband and Mehr Tarar, a Pakistani journalist. Tharoor was present at the day-long AICC session which ended around 5 pm.

On the other side, policemen and district judge are waiting for the post-mortem report from AIIMs to come to initial conclusion on the case. They requested officials not to respond on this case until the report comes out.