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NEW DELHI: Shashi Tharoor has alleged that Delhi Police was trying to make his staff confess that he and his domestic help Narayan Singh had murdered Sunanda Pushkar .Tharoor had written a letter to Delhi Police commissioner, saying they should stop interrogating and harassing his staff.Tharoor had called up the Delhi Police commissioner and also sent an email, sources said.The email, accessed by the TOI, had been written in November wherein Tharoor had alleged that Delhi Police officers even assaulted his staff member Narayan.Tharoor said that four Delhi Police officers interrogated his domestic help Narayan Singh last month - for 16 hours on November 7 and for 14 hours on November 8.On both days, Tharoor alleged that Narayan Singh was "repeatedly physically assaulted by one of your officers."Worse, that officer used the traumatic physical assault to try and intimidate Narayan into 'confessing' that he and I murdered my wife," the former central minister said.Tharoor recalled that he expressed his concerns to Bassi over telephone on November 8 night."As you graciously agreed, such conduct is completely unacceptable and illegal," Tharoor said in his letter. "It also amounts to the use of physical coercion in the attempt to frame an innocent man."I would request you to take immediate and appropriate action against such unlawful misconduct of the officer concerned."My staff and I have always made ourselves available for any kind of inquiry and investigation but the recent behaviour of the officers towards my staff is a matter of serious concern to any law abiding citizen."Please look into the matter personally and ensure that the unvarnished truth comes out in this case."Tharoor said he had "complete trust and faith" in Delhi Police and that he was committed to "fully cooperating with the investigations to ensure the timely completion of the inquiry".Earlier, Tharoor had been accused of interfering in the autopsy and medical probe and the autopsy head Sudhir Gupta had raised the matter in CAT as well.Sunanda's 72 tumultuous hours: She was depressed, ate little and slept lateA special investigation team has been set up to probe Sunanda Pushkar's death, Delhi Police chief BS Bassi said on Wednesday."We have constituted a SIT that will be monitored by DCPs and ACPs," Bassi told reporters."As far as questioning of Shashi Tharoor is concerned, it was done and it will be done again if necessary," Bassi said."Whatever can be shared with the media will be done as and when more details emerge," Bassi further added."We will take all necessary steps as per our investigation plan," the Delhi Police chief said.(With inputs from agencies.)