India: Novelist and politician Shashi Tharoor accused of having an ‘affair’

Accusing Tharoor of ‘affair’, wife Sunanda says will seek ‘divorce’; Tharoor says his Twitter account was hacked

Union Minister Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Tharoor Wednesday alleged that her husband was having an “extra-marital affair” with a Pakistan-based journalist and that she would “seek divorce”.

Sunanda Tharoor was speaking to The Indian Express shortly after the minister claimed his Twitter account had been hacked. His claim came after purported controversial tweets were posted from his account and were believed to be addressed to the Pakistan-based journalist.