Both countries have a common strategic interest in a peaceful Indian Ocean. It is from this large base that both must now work to strengthen mutually beneficial ties. The belated decision of the Delhi Police to treat the death of Sunanda Pushkar in January 2014 as a case of murder may have ended the year-long uncertainty about the fate of a meandering probe that has been bogged down in forensic and medical investigations, but it also raises troubling questions about the functioning of the force. Whatever the initial circumstantial clues that made suicide a more probable cause of death, there was little justification for the police to delay the registration of a first information report until a year after she was found dead in a hotel suite. And even that has been done more than three months after a medical report categorically said Ms. Pushkar's death was unnatural and due to poisoning. The latest report of December 29, 2014, largely reiterated the finding. While the circumstances - signs emerged that not everything was all right between Ms. Pushkar and her husband Shashi Tharoor when she had a spat on Twitter with a foreign journalist just a day before her death - did indicate that she may have been under great psychological stress, there appeared to be some reluctance on the part of the police to address suspicions of foul play. There were suggestions that she may have died of a drug overdose, and adding to the theory was evidence found on the crime scene. Two used strips of a drug meant to treat panic and anxiety disorders, were found, but it was neither prescribed for Ms. Pushkar nor was it consumed, as the viscera analysis showed. It would not have been difficult to trace their origin by using the batch number or ascertain if it was prescribed for her and by whom. The theory that she suffered from Lupus has been proved wrong by the final report that states categorically that Ms. Pushkar was a normal, healthy woman with no ailments. It is to be hoped that the police.2004