<p>Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar, at the centre of a raging controversy involving Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, today said she was "absolutely shocked" to learn of his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"What the hell. Sunanda. Oh my God," Tarar, a 45-year-old Lahore-based journalist, said in a message posted on Twitter soon after news broke of Pushkar's death this evening.<br /><br />"I just woke up and read this. I'm absolutely shocked. This is too awful for words. So tragic I don't know what to say. Rest in peace, Sunanda," she said in another tweet.<br /><br />Pushkar, upset over an alleged extra-marital affair between Tharoor and Tarar, was found dead in a five-star hotel in what police believe is a case of suicide.<br /><br />The body of 52-year-old Pushkar, an entrepreneur who married Tharoor in August 2010, was found in mysterious circumstances in the luxury Leela Palace Hotel, police sources said.<br /><br />Pushkar and Tharoor were at the centre of a row in the past two days when reports emerged that she was upset over reported text and tweet messages between her husband and Tarar.<br /><br />Tarar, the mother of a 13-year-old son, had denied having an affair with the suave thrice-married Tharoor. She also shot off uncharitable barbs at Pushkar and defended herself.<br /><br />Asked if she knew Tharoor, Tarar said yesterday, "I met him in April last year for an interview in India. Then I met him in June in Dubai in a social gathering. Yes, I have been in touch with him once in a while on Twitter and email."<br /><br /></p>.<div>As the indecorous row surrounding 57-year-old Tharoor escalated, the controversy-prone minister came out with a joint statement with his wife to say they were "happily married" but distressed by "some unauthorised tweets".<br /><br /></div>.<div>Pushkar had also accused Tarar of stalking her husband and trying to "break" her marriage when she was away for medical treatment.<br /><br /></div>.<div>The subsequent tweet war, which set social media abuzz, also saw Pushkar alleging that Tarar was an ISI agent. Tarar denied the charge and threatened to file a defamation suit against her.</div>
<p>Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar, at the centre of a raging controversy involving Union Minister Shashi Tharoor, today said she was "absolutely shocked" to learn of his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"What the hell. Sunanda. Oh my God," Tarar, a 45-year-old Lahore-based journalist, said in a message posted on Twitter soon after news broke of Pushkar's death this evening.<br /><br />"I just woke up and read this. I'm absolutely shocked. This is too awful for words. So tragic I don't know what to say. Rest in peace, Sunanda," she said in another tweet.<br /><br />Pushkar, upset over an alleged extra-marital affair between Tharoor and Tarar, was found dead in a five-star hotel in what police believe is a case of suicide.<br /><br />The body of 52-year-old Pushkar, an entrepreneur who married Tharoor in August 2010, was found in mysterious circumstances in the luxury Leela Palace Hotel, police sources said.<br /><br />Pushkar and Tharoor were at the centre of a row in the past two days when reports emerged that she was upset over reported text and tweet messages between her husband and Tarar.<br /><br />Tarar, the mother of a 13-year-old son, had denied having an affair with the suave thrice-married Tharoor. She also shot off uncharitable barbs at Pushkar and defended herself.<br /><br />Asked if she knew Tharoor, Tarar said yesterday, "I met him in April last year for an interview in India. Then I met him in June in Dubai in a social gathering. Yes, I have been in touch with him once in a while on Twitter and email."<br /><br /></p>.<div>As the indecorous row surrounding 57-year-old Tharoor escalated, the controversy-prone minister came out with a joint statement with his wife to say they were "happily married" but distressed by "some unauthorised tweets".<br /><br /></div>.<div>Pushkar had also accused Tarar of stalking her husband and trying to "break" her marriage when she was away for medical treatment.<br /><br /></div>.<div>The subsequent tweet war, which set social media abuzz, also saw Pushkar alleging that Tarar was an ISI agent. Tarar denied the charge and threatened to file a defamation suit against her.</div>