Sonali Phogat’s Manager & His Associate Drugged Her At Curlies Beach Shack; Police Say Sudhir Sangwan Has Confessed To Crime

The
Goa
Police
arrested
Sonali
Phogat’s
personal
assistant
Sudhir
Sangwan
along
with
Sukhwinder
Singh,
in
connection
with
the
murder
case
of
the

Bigg
Boss
contestant
and
TikTok
star
on
Friday.
The
accused
were
produced
before
a
judge
who
remanded
them
in
police
custody
for
two
days.

Inspector
General
of
Police
Omvir
Singh
Bishnoi
held
a
press
conference
and
shared
Sangwan
has
confessed
to
the
crime.
The
police
officer
revealed
that
after
reaching
Goa,
Sangwan
along
with
Sukhwinder
took
Sonali
to
Curlie’s
restaurant
in
North
Goa
on
the
pretext
of
partying
and
he
(Sangwan)
mixed
some
obnoxious
substance
in
the
drinking
water
and
forced
Sonali
to
consume
it.

“After
drinking
the
water
she
felt
uneasy
and
sick
in
the
restaurant.
Later
she
was
taken
by
Sangwan
and
Sukhwinder
to
hotel,
where
they
were
staying
and
then
to
St
Antony’s
hospital,
Anjuna
where
she
was
declared
brought
dead,” he
shared.

It
must
be
noted
that
the
police
are
yet
to
determine
the
motive
and
substance
used
in
the
murder.
However,
Bishnoi
added
that
the
case
is
being
investigated
from
all
angles
and
that
CCTV
footage
of
relevant
premises
was
examined
by
the
Investigating
Officer
and
it
was
found
that
Sudhir
was
forcefully
making
Sonali
drink
something.

Bishnoi
further
added,
“Since
post
mortem
report
has
not
mentioned
the
exact
cause
of
death
and
would
be
available
only
after
chemical
examination
of
viscera,
histopathological
and
serological
reports
which
would
take
a
while,
to
avoid
the
possibility
of
destruction
of
evidence
and
influencing
the
witnesses,
both
Sukwinder
and
Sangwan
have
been
arrested
and
further
investigation
is
in
progress.”

The
senior
official
also
clarified
that
the
multiple
blunt
force
injuries
listed
by
forensic
experts
in
Sonali’s
post-mortem
report
were
minor
bruises,
and
were
not
the
cause
of
her
demise.
Bishnoi
stated,
“These
are
not
fatal
injuries.
They
are
not
severe
enough
to
cause
the
death
of
a
person.
They
are
very
minor
injuries.
And
we
asked
the
accused
about
it
and
he
said
that
they
are
abrasion
marks
when
they
were
trying
to
lift
her
up
from
the
toilet.”

Sonali
Phogat’s
Murder:
2
Aides
Arrested;
Her
Brother
Says
‘We
Are
Satisfied
With
The
Investigation’

Sonali
Phogat
Was
Raped
And
Murdered
By
Her
Assistant,
Her
Family
Alleges

Phogat
had
reached
Goa
on
August
22.
The
BJP
leader,
who
was
staying
at
a
hotel
in
Anjuna,
complained
of
uneasiness
on
Monday
night,
in
the
morning
(on
Tuesday),
she
was
taken
to
St.
Anthony
hospital
in
Anjuna
at
around
8
a.m.,
where
she
was
declared
as
brought
dead.

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