Sunanda Pushkar murder case: Delhi Police denies issuing notice

Denying speculations regarding the issue of notice to specific persons in the Sunanda Pushkar murder case, Delhi Police on Thursday stated that the investigating officers are in the process of gathering information in the case.

"In regard to the on-going speculation, I would like to clearly state that no notice has been issued. The investigating officer is in the process of gathering more information and after that he will decide on whom to investigate," Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi told the media.

"These are the manifests of an investigation. Talking to people is one part. Talking to experts, gathering information, reviewing evidences...People required to be investigated will be questioned," he added.

However, the Commissioner restrained from making any objective assessment at this juncture.

Bassi further said that information will be shared if any significant clue is uncovered during the investigation.

"The investigation is an elaborated process. We might not be able to give you a minute-to-minute update but any relevant information will be certainly passed on," he stated.

According to reports, the Delhi Police on Wednesday issued a legal notice to Shashi Tharoor, asking him to join the murder probe of his wife at the earliest.

Bassi had also formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to carry forward the probe in the case.

Sunanda, who married Tharoor in 2010, had checked into The Leela Hotel in the national capital a day before her death on January 17, 2014.

Tharoor's aides said the couple had checked into the luxury hotel because of renovation work at his Delhi bungalow.

Prior to her death, Sunanda was embroiled in a spat with Pakistan-based journalist, Mehr Tarar, whom she accused of stalking her husband Shashi Tharoor.