FILE photo: Union minister Shashi Tharoor with his wife Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor at Parliament
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke to Union Minister Shashi Tharoor this evening and condoled the death of his wife
Sunanda P Tharoor.
"I am deeply saddened at your loss. May God give you strength in this hour of grief," Dr Singh told Mr Tharoor. Mrs Tharoor, who was upset over an alleged extra-marital affair between her husband and a Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar, was found dead in the room of a five-star hotel in Delhi.
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(Mehr Tarar 'shocked' at Sunanda P Tharoor's death)Police said they did not suspect any foul play in her death, adding it may be a case of suicide.
(Read: Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor found dead - sequence of events)The body of 52-year-old Sunanda P Tharoor, a woman entrepreneur who married Mr Tharoor in August 2010, was found in mysterious circumstances at the luxury Leela Palace hotel in South Delhi.
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