FILE photo: Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor and wife Sunanda Pushkar
Three key witnesses in the Sunanda Pushkar murder case say they are ready to face a lie-detector test sought by the Delhi Police which is investigating the death of the wife of Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor.
Last week, a Special Investigation Team of the Delhi Police had said that the trio - the Tharoors' domestic help Narain Singh, driver Bajrangi and family friend Sanjay Dewan - may be "hiding something" including "material facts" and asked a Delhi court for permission to subject them to a polygraph test.
All three witnesses have been summoned by the court today.
They say they have nothing to hide , adding that they will raise concerns regarding the probe by the police in court.
Shashi Tharoor has been questioned thrice on the alleged murder of his wife, who was found dead in their hotel suite on January 17 last year, days after she publicly accused her husband of having an affair with a Pakistani journalist.
"I am ready to say all after the investigation is complete, I will co-operate 100%," Mr Tharoor had said last week.
The former union minister has been questioned in detail on the circumstances in which Ms Pushkar left him at the Delhi airport and checked into the hotel two days before her death. The couple had allegedly had a disagreement on a flight from Kerala.
Narain Singh, Bajrangi and Sanjay Dewan have also been questioned more than once.
Police claim Sunanda Pushkar, 51, was poisoned, and registered a murder case in January this year, without naming any suspect.
The Special Investigation Team is also inquiring into a possible link to the multimillion-dollar Indian Premier League.
Mr Tharoor had to resign as the Minister of State for External Affairs in 2010 after accusations of corruption linking him to the cricket franchise for his home state of Kerala. Sunanda Pushkar was allegedly given stakes worth about $15 million (around Rs 94 crore) for free.
Friends and acquaintances of Ms Pushkar have told NDTV that before her death, she had alleged that she had been made a scapegoat in the IPL controversy.