Wife of Indian minister who hacked into her husband's Twitter account to announce he was 'having an affair with a journalist' is found dead in hotel.

The wife of a senior Indian government minister has been found dead in a five-star new Delhi hotel following reports she had hacked into her husband's Twitter account and published a series of romantic messages between him and a  Pakistani journalist.

(Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor, wife of Indian Minister)

The body of Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor, 52, was discovered by authorities at the plush Leela Palace hotel. Authorities say they are not currently treated her death as suspicious.

Her death comes just one day after she and husband Shashi Tharoor, released a statement on Facebook claiming they were still happily married and intended to stay together.

Mrs Pushkar Tharoor, had reportedly hacked the Twitter account of her husband, who is India's resources minister, and published romantic messages apparently between him and journalist Mehr Tarar to his two million followers.

Mr Tharoor, 57, deleted the tweets, claiming his account had been 'hacked'. 

But Mrs Tharoor, subsequently told two Indian newspapers that she had published the private messages between him and Ms Tarar.

Mr Tharoor, known as 'Minister Twitter' for his love of the social messaging site - was left acutely embarrassed after the messages appeared on his feed.

They suggested to his more than two million followers that he was in the throes of a passionate affair with Ms Tarar, a high profile journalist.

Shashi Tharoor was left red-faced after the messages appeared on his Twitter feed suggesting he was having an affair with a Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar (left)

Ms Tarar has posted a tribute to Pushkar on Twitter saying: 'I just woke up and read this. I'm absolutely shocked. This is too awful for words. So tragic I don't know what to say. Rest in peace,Sunanda.'

One of the incriminating messages, which appeared to have been sent directly from Ms Tarar's account, said: 'I love you, Shashi Tharoor. And I go while in love with you, irrevocably, irreversibly, hamesha [always]. Bleeding, but always your Mehr.'

Ms Tarar strongly denied sending the messages and any suggestion that she was in a relationship with Mr Tharoor. 

But Mrs Tharoor had told India's Economic Times newspaper that she had published the tweets to show the world how Ms Tarar was 'stalking' her husband.

She said: '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.