Istri Menteri India Tewas di Hotel setelah Ribut di Twitter
Autopsy for Indian Minister`s Wife Who Died after Twitter Row
Editor : Ismail Gani
Translator : Novita Cahyadi
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New Delhi (B2B) - Ribut dengan suaminya di twitter yang dituding menyeleweng, seorang istri menteri India ditemukan meninggal dunia dan jasadnya diotopsi di satu rumah sakit, di New Delhi.
Jasad istri seorang menteri India itu ditemukan tak bernyawa lagi di satu hotel mewah beberapa hari lalu.
Jasad sang istri itu ditemukan suaminya, Menteri Sumber Daya Manusia India, Shashi Tharoor, setelah ia kembali dari mengikuti pertemuan Partai Kongres, Jumat malam lalu, kata sekretaris pribadinya, Abhinav Kumar.
Kumar mengatakan, sejauh ini tak ada tanda-tanda aneh atas kematian Sunanda Pushkar(52).
"Dia tampaknya tidur normal tetapi kemudian ditemukan sudah tak bernyawa," kata dia.
Para pejabat mengatakan belum diketahui bagaimana dia sampai meninggal. Dia meminum obat karena menderita berbagai sakit termasuk tuberkulosis, tulis media setempat.
"Apapun yang akan terjadi, akan terus tersenyum," termasuk di antara kicauan terakhir Pushkar, surat kabar The Times of India melaporkan seperti dilansir Yahoo News.
Para pengguna media sosial India menyebutnya sebagai "kematian pertama oleh twitter"; dengan drama yang dimainkan selama beberapa hari di laman micro-blog.
Seorang juru bicara rumah sakit pemerintah tempat jasad Pushkar dipindahkan mengatakan otopsi akan dilaksanakan pada Sabtu.
Tharoor dibawa Sabtu ke rumah sakit yang sama tempat jenazah istrinya terbaring setelah mengeluh sakit pada bagian dada, kata juru bicara itu kepada wartawan.
Tapi hasil tesnya normal dan dia akan diperbolehkan pulang segera, kata dia.
Pasangan itu tampak memadu kasih pada 2010 kemudian menikah dan mereka hidup berkecukupan harta tetapi desas-desus mengenai masalah pernikahan mereka merebak selama berbulan-bulan.
Surat-surat kabar memberitakan kematian itu di halaman depan. "Segera setelah perang di twitter, Sunanda Pushkar ditemukan meninggal di hotel Delhi," tulis tabloid Mail Today dalam satu berita utamanya.
Drama itu mulai terjadi Rabu malam ketika serangkain pesan muncul di akun twitter Tharoor yang telah menikah tiga kali, mantan diplomat PBB, novelis dan juru bicara pemerintah.
Mereka mempertunjukkan pertukaran pesan pribadi antara menteri yang berusia 57 tahun itu (@shashitharoor) dan wartawan Pakistan Mehr Tarar (@mehrtarar). Tarar menaruh cinta pada Tharoor. Menteri itu mengatakan istrinya telah mengetahui hubungan mereka.
New Delhi - The body of the wife of an Indian minister, found dead in a luxury hotel days after accusing her husband on Twitter of being unfaithful, was moved to a hospital Saturday for an autopsy.
The body was discovered by human resources minister Shashi Tharoor after he returned from a Congress party meeting late Friday, his private secretary Abhinav Kumar said.
The death of Sunanda Pushkar, 52, described by friends as the "life of any party", sent shockwaves through New Delhi's social set and came as a tragic twist in a tale of apparent marital strife.
The high-profile row which embroiled a Pakistani journalist has played out on Twitter, in newspapers and on television in full public glare.
"There were no signs of any foul play," Kumar said late Friday. "She seemed to be sleeping in a normal way but later it was found she was dead."
Officials said it was not known yet how she died. She had been taking medications for various illnesses, including tuberculosis, according to local media.
"Whatever is destined to happen will happen, will go smiling," were among Pushkar's last tweets, The Times of India reported.
Indian social media users called it the first "death by Twitter" -- with the drama being played out over days on the micro-blogging site.
A spokeswoman for the top government hospital where Pushkar's body was moved said the autopsy would be performed Saturday.
Tharoor was admitted Saturday to the same hospital where his wife's body was being held, after complaining of "general chest discomfort", the spokeswoman told reporters.
But his test results were normal and he would be released soon, she said.
The couple appeared deeply in love in 2010 when they wed and were a glamorous pair on the social scene but the rumour mill had been abuzz for months with talk of marital problems.
Indian newspapers splashed the death on their front pages. "Soon after Twitter war, Sunanda Pushkar found dead in Delhi hotel," said the tabloid Mail Today in a headline.
The drama began late Wednesday when a curious series of messages appeared on the Twitter account of the suave thrice-married Tharoor, a former high-flying UN diplomat, novelist and key government spokesman.
They showed private exchanges purportedly between the 57-year-old minister (@shashitharoor) and Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar (@mehrtarar), in which she professed her love for him and he said his wife had discovered their relationship.
