Sunanda murder: Tharoor questioned over IPL angle

New Delhi, Feb 12: Sleuths questioned Congress MP Shashi Tharoor Thursday over the ownership of Kochi Tuskers to find out if his murdered wife Sunanda Pushkar received equity on his behalf from a franchisee involved with the IPL team. Tharoor was asked Wednesday to join the probe by the special investigation team (SIT) and his interrogation started around 11.30 a.m. Thursday. He first reached Sarojini Nagar Police station in south Delhi and was later taken to Vasant Vihar's Anti Auto Theft Squad (AATS) office, where he was quizzed. The SIT team had earlier questioned him Jan 19 at the same AATS office for around four hours. A five-member SIT comprising Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Prem Nath and Additional DCP P.S. Kushwaha, besides three officers, asked Tharoor a number of questions, including those related to the now defunct IPL Kochi franchise. DCP Mangesh Kashyap from the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) was part of the questioning team for the first time. According to sources, Kashyap questioned Tharoor over the ownership pattern of Kochi Tuskers to find out if Sunanda Pushkar was the front for him when she received Rs.75 crore equity from a franchisee involved in the Kochi team. Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi Thursday said: "After examining the answers of Tharoor in his last interrogation, we questioned him again. Some associates of Tharoor have also been asked to come for questioning."