Anjuna: In a major development, Goa Police said that the BJP leader Sonali Phogat was given the recreational drug methamphetamine by the accused at Curlies beach restaurant.
The Haryana Chief Minister’s office confirms that the state government has written a letter to Goa seeking a CBI investigation in the murder case of BJP leader Sonali Phogat.
HIGHLIGHTS
- CM Manohar Lal Khattar met the family members of Sonali Phogat.
- Rupesh, Sonali Phogat’s sister while talking to ANI said that “CM Khattar assured us there’ll be CBI probe and we’ll get justice.”
- Goa police have further arrested two more people in connection with the Sonali Phogat death case.
- Police further added that they have registered offences under the NDPS act against the owner of Curlies restaurant Edwin Nunes and Dattaprasad Gaonkar who was supplying drugs.
- The investigation further revealed that the drugs were supplied by Dattaprasad Gaonkar who was working as a room boy in Hotel Grand Leoney Resort.
- Based on the disclosure of the alleged accused Sudhir Sangwan the drugs given to Sonali Phogat were seized from the washroom of the Curlies restaurant.
- On Friday Phogat’s PA Sudhir Sangwan and his associate, Sukhwinder Singh was arrested in connection with the alleged murder. Police said that the duo who travelled to Goa with Phogat on August 22 had during interrogation confessed that they had intentionally made her drink a liquid mixed with some “obnoxious” chemical.
- “Statement of more than 20-25 people have been recorded so far in the case. These include the staff of Curlies Restaurant and others. The owner of the restaurant is being questioned by the police,” police officials said.
- Sonali Phogat, 42, was declared dead at the St Anthony Hospital at Anjuna in North Goa on August 23. A post-mortem report revealed blunt force injury on her body, following which the Goa Police registered a murder case.
- Phogat’s PA and his associate were arrested after police accessed the CCTV footage in which the trio were seen partying at a club.
- Phogat was cremated at her hometown in Hisar yesterday. Her brother Rinky Dhaka said, “We are satisfied with how the investigation into the murder of my sister has progressed. The CCTV footage has revealed the truth. We cremated my sister today, will look into the further process to get her justice now.
- The actor, who rose to fame with her TikTok videos, contested the 2019 Haryana election as a BJP candidate but lost to then Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi (he has since joined the BJP). She also appeared in the reality show Bigg Boss in 2020.
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(With agency inputs)