Sunanda Pushkar case: Delhi court defers hearing to Dec 6

ANI  |  New Delhi [India] 

A on Saturday deferred the hearing in death case to December 6 due to non-availability of Pushkar's husband and Shashi Tharoor's

Earlier, the Delhi Police, on the direction of the court had handed over the copies of certain documents, including electronic evidence, to Tharoor on a plea moved by him in the court.

The leader's had informed the court that some files, related to Pushkar's death, were in a hard disk, which Tharoor did not have an access to.

was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a suite of a Delhi hotel on the night of January 17, 2014. The couple was staying in the hotel as their house was undergoing renovation.

Tharoor was summoned by the court in June this year, observing there was sufficient ground to proceed against him.

The was charged under sections 306 (abetment of suicide) and 498A (husband or his relative subjecting a woman to cruelty) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

He, however, dismissed the charge sheet terming it "preposterous".

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First Published: Sat, December 01 2018. 18:20 IST