Sonali Phogat murder case: Goa court sends 2 main accused to 10-day police custody
In the latest development in Sonali Phogat’s murder case, a Goa court has sent the two main accused to 10-day police custody.
Phogat’s associates and the main accused in the murder case, Sudhir Sangwan and Sukhwinder Singh, were arrested by the Goa Police on August 26. Police said that the accused allegedly mixed an "obnoxious substance" in a beverage and forced the deceased to drink it while partying at Curlies beach shack restaurant in the Anjuna area. Both the accused travelled to Goa with the BJP leader on August 22.
As per ANI, both the accused, Sudhir Sangwan and Sukhwinder Singh, were produced before the court today, which sent them to 10-day police custody.
Earlier today, police arrested Edwin Nunes, owner of Curlies Beach Shack, and a suspected drug peddler Dattprashad Gaonkar, who had allegedly supplied drugs to the accused persons.
Director General of Police Jaspal Singh said that a team of police will be sent to Haryana for further probe.
We'll send one team to Haryana to verify some allegations & suspicions levelled by the family because those doubts would also have bearing on the investigation. As per the briefing by the Investigating Officer, Goa Police's investigation is going in the correct direction: DGP Goa pic.twitter.com/XKR8ibTObj
— ANI (@ANI) August 27, 2022
Phogat was declared dead by the doctors of St Anthony Hospital in North Goa on August 23. Recently, a post-mortem report revealed some blunt force injuries on her body, following which the Goa Police registered a murder case and started the probe.
Sonali Phogat was cremated at her hometown in Hisar on August 26. She rose to fame with her TikTok videos. She also contested the 2019 Haryana election as a BJP candidate but lost to Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi, who later joined BJP. Phogat also appeared in Bigg Boss in 2020.
(With Agency inputs)
First published: 27 August 2022, 15:32 IST
