Wife Of Indian Minister Found Dead In Hotel After She Leaked Affair Of Her Husband To The Public

The wife of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor has been found dead, following reports that he was having an affair, Indian media have said.

Sunanda Pushkar is reported to have been discovered at a hotel in Delhi.

It comes just a day after the couple were embroiled in controversy over a series of Twitter messages that appeared to reveal he was having an affair.

The couple insisted they were happily married, blaming "unauthorised tweets".

Mr Tharoor married Ms Pushkar, a former Dubai-based businesswoman, in 2010.