New Delhi, July 2 (PTI): Delhi police today said if required it will examine former Union minister Shashi Tharoor and Sudhir Gupta after the senior AIIMS forensic doctor reportedly alleged he was unsuccessfully pressurised to manipulate the autopsy report of Sunanda Pushkar.

“Whatever will happen in this case in the future I can’t tell you right now but I want you to know that investigation in the case is going on. Whatever is necessary is being done. If it will be necessary to examine Dr Gupta, he will be,” said Delhi police commissioner B.S. Bassi.

In a new twist surrounding Sunanda’s mysterious death, reports had emerged yesterday that Gupta, who headed a three-member team that did the post-mortem, had filed an affidavit before Central Administrative Tribunal in a service matter in which he said pressure was brought on him to manipulate the post-mortem report.

Bassi said: “If it is necessary to take on record the affidavit which apparently has been filed by him before the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) that too will be taken into account. We will be conducting the enquiries keeping in view the legal position and relevance of the evidence.”

When specifically asked whether Tharoor will be questioned, Bassi said: “If it is necessary, it will be done.”

On the other hand, the controversial claim by the head of AIIMS’ forensic medicine department was debunked today by the hospital in a new twist surrounding the mysterious death. Rejecting the charge of Sudhir Gupta, the AIIMS said it “categorically denies” his claim.