The wife of an Indian government minister has been found dead in a five-star new Delhi hotel following reports she had hacked into her husband’s Twitter account and published a series of romantic messages between him and a Pakistani journalist.
The body of Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor, 52, was discovered by authorities at the plush Leela Palace hotel. Authorities say they are not currently treated her death as suspicious.
Her death comes just one day after she and husband Shashi Tharoor, released a statement on Facebook claiming they were still happily married and intended to stay together.
Mr Tharoor’s personal assistant Abhinav Kumar told reporters: ‘She was lying in bed. There were no signs of any foul play or any struggle. She had no sign of poisoning or anything’.
Mrs Pushkar Tharoor, had reportedly hacked the Twitter account of her husband, who is India’s junior human resources minister, and published romantic messages apparently between him and journalist Mehr Tarar to his two million followers.
Mr Tharoor, known as ‘Minister Twitter’ for his love of the social messaging site – was left acutely embarrassed after the messages appeared on his feed.
They suggested to his more than two million followers that he was in the throes of a passionate affair with Ms Tarar, a high profile journalist.
Mr Tharoor, 57, quickly deleted the tweets, denying he had been having an affair and claiming his account had been ‘hacked’.
But Mrs Tharoor, subsequently told two Indian newspapers that she had published the private messages between him and Ms Tarar.
Ms Tarar has posted a tribute to Pushkar on Twitter saying: ‘I just woke up and read this. I’m absolutely shocked. This is too awful for words. So tragic I don’t know what to say. Rest in peace,Sunanda.’
One of the incriminating messages, which appeared to have been sent directly from Ms Tarar’s account, said: ‘I love you, Shashi Tharoor. And I go while in love with you, irrevocably, irreversibly, hamesha [always]. Bleeding, but always your Mehr.’
Ms Tarar strongly denied sending the messages and any suggestion that she was in a relationship with Mr Tharoor.
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