Congress MP Shashi Tharoor issued a statement in response to the Patiala House Court’s summons with regard to the Sunanda Pushkar case, terming the charges ‘preposterous and baseless.’

Earlier in the day, the court had taken cognisance of the chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police for abetment to suicide and committing cruelty on his wife, Sunanda Pushkar.

The court has summoned Tharoor on 7 July.