Autopsy report findings add new twist to mysterious death BJP leader As it was initially told that he died of a heart attack.
Based on the report, the Anjuna police arrested two of the BJP leader’s associates by registering a case of murder.
“Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code was added in the case relating to the death of the 42-year-old leader,” a senior police officer told PTI.
He said Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Vasi, who had reached Goa with Phogat on August 22, were made accused in the case.
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Meanwhile, the body of Sonali Phogat is being taken to her residence in Hisar, Haryana.
Phogat’s family members had alleged foul play in the death of the BJP leader and had given their consent for the post-mortem earlier today.
Phogat, 42, a BJP leader from Haryana’s Hisar, who rose to fame on Tik Tok, was brought dead on Tuesday morning at St Anthony’s Hospital in Anjuna area of North Goa district.
Police said he died of a suspected heart attack, but a case of unnatural death was later registered.
Phogat’s brother on Wednesday Rinku Dhaka He claimed that he was murdered by his accomplices.
Sonali Phogat was murdered, Sonali Phogat’s brother wants CBI probe
Dhaka alleges that shortly before her death, Sonali spoke to her mother, sister and brother-in-law. He said she seemed upset and complained against two of her colleagues.
He also claimed that CCTV cameras, laptops and other important things from his farmhouse in Haryana have disappeared after his death.
Dhaka further alleged in the police complaint that three years ago, one of her associates sexually assaulted her after eating her food and later blackmailed her.
Goa CM Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said that the state police is conducting a detailed investigation into the death of Sonali Phogat.
(with inputs from PTI)
watch Officials say BJP leader Sonali Phogat’s post-mortem report mentions ‘multiple blunt force injuries on the body’