 "Twitter storm as Delhi police file murder case into Sunanda Pushkar's death")
News that the Delhi police have decided to file a murder case into the death of Shashi Tharoor’s late wife Sunanda Pushkar, have predictably created a Twitter storm. [caption id=“attachment_2032465” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  PTI[/caption] Pushkar was found dead in her New Delhi hotel room on 17 January 2014, in what was first believed to be a case of drug overdose. Since then, the case was reopened and a team of AIIMS doctors had submitted a fresh report to the police after examining her viscera and maintained that she died of poisoning. Within minutes of the announcement by the Delhi police, the name ‘Sunanda Pushkar’ was the top trend on Twitter India. People were busy retweeting the news, airing their favourite conspiracy theories and coming up with a few fresh ones. Here are some of the tweets: The first tweets captured reactions to the news:
We always knew that this was a case of murder, this decision was delayed: Ashok Kumar (Sunanda Pushkar's cousin) pic.twitter.com/f0vwkjrpf0
— ANI (@ANI) January 6, 2015
Sunanda Pushkar is murdered as many suspected. Bloody politics.
— Ravindra (@ReadIndyan) January 6, 2015
Some tweets decried the Delhi police investigation:
Delhi Police tossed a coin and the outcome decided that Sunanda Pushkar was murdered
— Ra_Bies 3.0 (@Ra_Bies) January 6, 2015
It was very obvious that Sunanda Pushkar was killed,the whole nation knew it,but it took months for the cop to determine it
— Arjun Chakrathara (@chakrathara) January 6, 2015
Another group lauded Subramanian Swamy while pointing fingers at Shashi Tharoor
@Swamy39 is proven right on Sunanda Pushkar murder mystery.
— Revolutionary Monk (@RevolutionMonk) January 6, 2015
@Swamy39 Sir,yet another proof on your ascertained claims turning to be true...now it is on Sunanda Pushkar's murder.U hv high credibility.
— Kannan (@KannanMarg) January 6, 2015
I want to establish a principle, no matter who it is. There is a right to life. No one can deprive it: Subramanian Swamy on Sunanda Pushkar
— ANI (@ANI) January 6, 2015
Sunanda Pushkar was murdered, says Delhi Police.
— Sanjiv Bhatt (IPS) (@sanjivbhatt) January 6, 2015
Does this explain the slow and steady drift of Shashi Tharoor? :)
Others saw it as yet another opportunity for wry Twitter humour
Now it's clear that "Sunanda Pushkar was murdered", Can't wait for Ram Gopal Verma to announce a film on it.
— ronakology (@ronakology) January 6, 2015
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