Sunanda Pushkar's body shifted to AIIMS for post-mortem

Post-mortem to be conducted around noon, report likely in the evening

The body of Sunanda Pushkar, wife of Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, was today shifted to the AIIMS for post-mortem as police continued to probe various angles including suicide in the case.

Sources said a post-mortem would be carried out around noon by a team of doctors and the report could be available later in the evening.

The body of 52-year-old Pushkar was taken from the Leela Palace Hotel to AIIMS at around 3:30 AM, sources said.

Pushkar, who was upset over an alleged extra-marital affair between her minister husband Shashi Tharoor and a Pakistani journalist, was found dead in the hotel last night.

Police had last night questioned a number of hotel staff and checked the CCTV footage of the lobby of the third floor of the luxury hotel where she was staying.

Sources in police said call records of Pushkar were also being checked as part of the probe into her death.

Pushkar was found dead inside the suite no 345 in the hotel where she and her husband had checked in on Thursday.

Investigators said they are screening the call details record of Pushkar as well as her tweets in the last few days.

They said a number of hotel staff, including those who had gone to the suite, were being questioned to corroborate the version of Tharooor and his staff.

The police is also searching the suite thoroughly to see whether Pushkar had used any medicine, they said.

Police sources speaking on condition of anonymity said they suspect it could be a case of suicide.

Pushkar and Tharoor were at the centre of a raging controversy when reports emerged that she was upset over reported text and tweet messages between her husband and Mehr Tarar, a Pakistani journalist.

A joint statement from the couple on Thursday said that they were "happily married" but distressed by "some unauthorised tweets".