On the night of January 17, 2014, Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunandna Parashar was found dead in a suite of a luxury hotel. According to Delhi Police, her husband Shashi Tharoor was the main culprit in the matter. Delhi Police had filed a charge sheet against him under Sections 498-A (husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) and 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).