New Delhi, Jan 16: Union Minister Shashi Tharoor's Twitter account was not hacked. His wife Sunanda P Tharoor had posted the tweets that hinted at the union minister having an affair with Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar using Tharoor's handle.
In a report published in the Economic Times, Sunanda was quoted as saying that she sent out the tweets. "Our accounts have not been hacked and I have been sending out these tweets. I cannot tolerate this. This is a Pakistani woman who is an ISI (Inter Services Intelligence) agent, and she is stalking my husband. And you know how men are. He is flattered by the attention. I took upon myself the crimes of this man during IPL (Indian Premier League). I will not allow this to be done to me. I just can't tolerate this. I have nothing more to say."
In another report published in the Indian Express, she said, "I completely stand by my tweets, I 100 per cent stand by that. That woman pursued and pursued him... men are stupid anyways...for all you know she is a Pakistani agent. Where's love, where's loyalty in this world...I am so distraught."
She further told the newspaper that she would be seeking divorce from Tharoor. However, replying to Headlines Today's Ruchica Tomar on Twitter on Thursday, she wrote, "for her information Shashi and I are very happy together sad for her to know i guess i get sick and go away 4 treatment &the vultures pounce."
On Wednesday, Twitter was abuzz with a series of romantic tweets that had been sent out from Shashi Tharoor's account and were addressed to Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar.
"I love you, Shashi Tharoor. And I go while in love with you, irrevocably, irreversibly, hamesha. Bleeding, but always your Mehr", "sadly my wife @sptvrock who gave up everything for me found out about my affair with u Mehr", "@mehartarar says if you don't end me the bbms by the time I wake up, I will get your message loud and louder. That is @sptvrock 's bbms", were some of the tweets that were sent out from Tharoor's account.
Soon after the tweets were sent out using his Twitter handle, Shashi Tharoor had tweeted, "Sorry folks, my @Twitter account has been hacked & will be temporarily deactivated. Bear with me while we solve this."
Soon after the controversy broke on Twitter, Mehr Tarar distanced herself from it all and tweeted, "Okay. What's going on? Who's tweeting to me? I had an 'affair' with Shashi Tharoor and he's tweeting to me??? How does that work?"
"I know Shashi Tharoor and respect him greatly. Have tweeted/written about it openly. Feel awful about what is being tweeted," she wrote.
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