Sunanda death case: Court directs police to hand over documents to Shashi Tharoor
New Delhi, Dec 18: A court here directed Delhi Police on Tuesday to hand over certain documents to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, accused in a case related to wife Sunanda Pushkar's death.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal passed the directions after he was told by senior advocate Vikas Pahwa, appearing for Tharoor, that there were discrepancies in certain electronic evidence, provided by the prosecution.
He told the court that some of the documents mentioned in the list of evidence were either not received by him or failed to open.
"Reconciliation and comparison of all documents available with prosecution and defence is taking time," Pahwa told the court.
Pushkar was found dead in a suite of a luxury hotel in the city on the night of January 17, 2014. The couple were staying in the hotel as the official bungalow of Tharoor was being renovated at that time.
The court had directed Delhi Police to hand over various documents filed along with the charge sheet, including statements of witnesses, to Tharoor on a plea moved by him.
The Thiruvananthapuram MP was granted regular bail on July 7 after he appeared before the court in pursuance to the summons issued against him.
The court had on June 5 summoned Tharoor, observing there was sufficient ground to proceed against him.
He has been charged under sections 498-A (husband or his relative subjecting a woman to cruelty) and 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), but has not been arrested in the case.
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Expelled BJP leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal to launch ‘non-adjustment political party’ in Karnataka
Bengaluru, Aug 22 (PTI): Expelled BJP leader Basanagouda Patil Yatnal on Friday announced that he would launch a “non-adjustment political party” in Karnataka.
The Vijayapura MLA made the announcement in the assembly after Chief Minister Siddaramaiah highlighted the state’s financial woes and accused the previous BJP government of passing bills without funds during its 2019-23 tenure.
“You (Siddaramaiah) too got support from two of us,” Yatnal said, prompting Siddaramaiah to quip, “Please sit down. You have been expelled from the party.”
In his response, Yatnal said, “You were also expelled by former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda from the JD(S). Whoever is expelled from a party becomes Chief Minister one day.”
“I will be happy if you become Chief Minister,” Siddaramaiah said in a lighter vein. “But from which party will you do it?” the CM asked and suggested that Yatnal form a new party after his expulsion from the BJP.
“I am going to form a ‘Non-Adjustment Political Party’. Don’t worry if it cuts BJP’s votes. It won’t help you,” Yatnal responded. Siddaramaiah retorted that Yatnal should launch his outfit if he wanted the Congress to come to power.
The firebrand leader was expelled from the BJP for six years after repeatedly targeting former Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa and his son, state BJP president B Y Vijayendra, over "dynastic politics" and alleging an adjustment between Yediyurappa and Siddaramaiah.
Several BJP legislators had joined his campaign before the party high command acted to quell dissidence.
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