In one of the biggest crime mysteries in the country involving the wife of a senior Congress politician, Shashi Tharoor is set to be charged with abetment to suicide and destruction of evidence.

Four years and four months after Sunanda Pushkar died in mysterious circumstances, her husband and Congress MP to face charges of abetting her suicide and also destroying evidence. @NikunjGargN with more details #TharoorToBeChargedpic.twitter.com/9jRwAeVqpO — TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) April 13, 2018

We had earlier reported that Delhi Police had informed the Supreme Court that they will file the status report in the Sunanda Pushkar Murder Case within a week. A close aide of BJP MP Subramanian Swamy, Ishkaran Singh Bhandari, has hailed the most recent development as a vindication for Swamy who has been fighting the case in the Court for a long time.

Delhi Police to Charge SHASHI Tharoor with s 306 abetment to Suicide & destruction of evidence in Sunanda Pushkar Murder. 10 yrs it can be in Jail.@Swamy39 & my PIL in HC had invited all doubters, massive victory today. Vindicated. — Ishkaran Singh Bhandari (@Ish_Bhandari) April 13, 2018

Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in a hotel room at Delhi on January 17, 2014. Earlier, AIIMS had confirmed that hers was an unnatural death.