Goa CM Pramod Sawant said that the Sonali Phogat murder case would be handed over to the CBI and that he would speak to DGP Jaspal Singh to initiate the process. Phogat, a Haryana BJP functionary and Tiktok star, died in Goa on August 23. Afterwards, her family met Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar and demanded the murder investigation be moved to the CBI, following which Khattar called his Goa counterpart.
Following this, Goa Police registered two separate cases in connection with Phogat murder; a murder case and a narcotics case. In the murder case, two of Phogat’s aides, Sudhir Sangvan and Sukhwinder Singh, have already been arrested and remanded to 10-day police custody. In the narcotics case, three people have been arrested till now. Goa police had initially registered an unnatural death case.
“The preliminary investigation has revealed that her death was due to a cardiac arrest,” Sawant said then. Though, the panel of Goa Medical College doctors who conducted the post mortem have reserved the cause of death, a forensic official said “The multiple blunt force injuries over the body were below the skin and were noticed after the incision on the body was made. It is likely to have been caused six hours prior to her death. The injuries may have been caused by fist blows or due to a fall. The injuries were fresh”. Phogat's body was handed over to the family to perform final rites and the family has left the state with her mortal remains. Phogat’s brother Rinku Dhaka said “Based on our complaint, an FIR has been registered. The medical report has shown injuries. There are major injuries at four to five places on her body. On the basis of my complaint, investigation will follow.
