New Delhi: Mehr Tarar, the Pakistani columnist who sparred on Twitter with Congress politician Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar days before she was found dead in a hotel suite in 2014, was questioned by the Delhi police earlier this year.
Ms Tarar, 48, was questioned for almost three hours at a five-star hotel in Delhi in February-end, say sources.
She has reportedly denied Sunanda Pushkar's allegations of an affair with her husband. She told the police that she had no relationship with Mr Tharoor and that she had met him only once in 2013.
A witness close to Ms Pushkar had said that she had asked her to help retrieve messages that she suspected Mr Tharoor had deleted from his mobile phone.
Sources say she was also asked to fill a questionnaire prepared by the Special Investigation Team.
Ms Tarar figured prominently in a statement by senior journalist Nalini Singh, who is believed to be the last person to have spoken to Ms Pushkar on the phone hours before her death.
Police claimed last year that Ms Pushkar was poisoned and registered a murder case without naming any suspect.
Ms Tarar, 48, was questioned for almost three hours at a five-star hotel in Delhi in February-end, say sources.
She has reportedly denied Sunanda Pushkar's allegations of an affair with her husband. She told the police that she had no relationship with Mr Tharoor and that she had met him only once in 2013.
A witness close to Ms Pushkar had said that she had asked her to help retrieve messages that she suspected Mr Tharoor had deleted from his mobile phone.
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Sources say she was also asked to fill a questionnaire prepared by the Special Investigation Team.
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Ms Tarar figured prominently in a statement by senior journalist Nalini Singh, who is believed to be the last person to have spoken to Ms Pushkar on the phone hours before her death.
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Police claimed last year that Ms Pushkar was poisoned and registered a murder case without naming any suspect.
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