Sunanda Pushkar didn't die due to radioactive poisoning: FBI


Nov 11 (PTI): Radiation levels in Sunanda Pushkar's viscera samples were "within the standard safety norms", Delhi Police said today as they shared the findings of an FBI report that virtually rules out the theory of 'polonium poisoning' causing her death.

Delhi top cop BS Bassi said that the report from the Washington D.C.-based laboratory would soon be handed to a medical board for it to be examined before further action is taken on the high-profile case.

Sunanda was married to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor at the time of her death.
"I understand that the report has been received. The FBI lab had conducted analysis of various substances. And this should give an indication (as to the reason behind her death) once the doctors go through the report," Bassi told reporters.

Asked about the radiation levels in the samples, the Delhi Police Commissioner said that it was "within the standard safety norms". He added that the findings would have to be "correlated with the post-mortem report".

According to sources, the FBI report, received nine months after the samples were sent for examination, has named the alleged poison that led to Sunanda's death two year's ago.

The viscera samples were sent to the FBI lab in Washington in February to determine the kind of poison that killed her after an AIIMS medical board identified poisoning as the reason behind her death but did not mention any specific name.

Reacting to the developments, AIIMS forensic head Sudhir Gupta stuck to his opinion that poisoning was the cause of death.

However, he added that the "domain is much more large" when specifically asked whether Polonium-210, a radioactive isotope, had caused the death.

"There are findings that confirm that the death was due to poisoning. We concluded by eliminating the other causes of her death," Gupta said.

Sunanda was found dead inside her suite at a five-star hotel here on January 17 last year, a day after she was involved in a spat with Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar on Twitter over the latter's alleged affair with Tharoor, the Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram.

  

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  • PEDDU, MANGALURU

    Thu, Nov 12 2015

    WHO IS SUNDANDA PUSPHA AND WHO CARES ABOUT HER !!

    HERE IN THIS COUNTRY TODDLERS ARE RAPED BY 05 PEOPLE AND NO ONE CARES THEN WHO CARES ABOUT 60 YEARS OLD WOMAN !!

    CBI GO AND TAKE A BREAK GUYS !!! NOTHING WILL HAPPENS HERE !! IPC SECTION 1 2 3 4 IF JUVENILE FOUND GUILTY HE IS NOT PUNISHED !! OH MY GOD WHAT KIND OF LAW IS THIS !!!

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Promenade Road,Frazer Town,B'lore

    Wed, Nov 11 2015

    Nothing works in favour of BJP.Bure din to BJP.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Wed, Nov 11 2015

    Is our CBI really bad ...

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  • Hussain, Abudhabi

    Wed, Nov 11 2015

    Bure din for BJP these days...Ek k baad ek jhatka :p

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  • Ahmed, DOH / IXE

    Wed, Nov 11 2015

    Subramanya Swamy tried his level best to prove to frame Shashi Tharoor. Power of money can save you from any crime in India.

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  • KRPrabhu, Bluru

    Wed, Nov 11 2015

    Sunanda Puskar...
    Reason for death puska...
    Who is the killer.puska..
    Police of equiry..puska...
    Otrashi case puska..

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  • Ahmed, DOH / IXE

    Wed, Nov 11 2015

    enquiry dakleg Kaas kortina..oula puska.

    Janakulu manga..

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  • R Nair, Kasargod/UAE

    Wed, Nov 11 2015

    Tharoor ka haath zaroor!

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  • Peter, Bangalore

    Wed, Nov 11 2015

    Another failure of BJP to frame Shashi Tharoor and congress.

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  • gm, mlur

    Wed, Nov 11 2015

    marne ka baadh bhi chain se sone nahi dethen hein ye log...

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  • Ravi, Kapu

    Wed, Nov 11 2015

    Congis are soo good. They know how to loot and commit murder without getting caught.

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  • Declan, Mumbai

    Wed, Nov 11 2015

    Just like happened did in Gujarat 2002 and Delhi 1984 ?

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  • VG, Bengaluru

    Wed, Nov 11 2015

    Just because Shashi Tharoor is a Congress MP and most articulate leader, they wanted to fix him (and perhaps lure him by holding the threat of the murder rap as BJP is desperately looking for making some headway in next year's Kerala assembly polls!) and chose to send the viscera samples to FBI lab. Now that FBI has ruled out poisonous substance (or in other words, no evidence of poison), what will happen next remains to be seen.

    In any case, BJP has already engineered defection of 9 Congress MLAs in Assam in a bid to trounce Tarun Gogoi. Even if they succeed in Assam, which is a small State and not in the Hindi heartland, what will Modi-Shah duo plan next? They have slim chance in Mamata's Bengal.

    Let us watch the fun in the coming months!

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  • Chetan, Mangalore

    Wed, Nov 11 2015

    Did the Delhi Police send Sunanda Pushkar's viscera sample or somebody else's?

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Wed, Nov 11 2015

    Sub Ke Sath Shashi Tharoor Ka Vikas ...

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  • MUNNA, nitte/karla

    Wed, Nov 11 2015

    Sab ke Saath, Sahshi Tharoor ke saath nyaya (or anyay)

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