A murder case has been registered in Goa’s Anjuna Police Station against two persons in the death case of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sonali Phogat, sources told ABP News on Thursday. According to reports, the case has been registered by Goa Police against two of Phogat’s associates who had accompanied her to Goa.
The 42-year-old BJP leader from Hisar, who rose to fame by her Tik Tok videos, was brought dead at the St Anthony Hospital in Anjuna area of North Goa district on Tuesday morning. Police, however, had earlier said that she died of a suspected heart attack.
However, Phogat’s family has alleged that her associates, who were travelling with her to Goa, were involved in the killing.
Phogat’s brother Rinku Dhaka has claimed she was murdered by two of her associates. He said the family will allow the postmortem only after the Goa Police register a First Information Report (FIR) against the two suspects.
Dhaka had filed a complaint with the Goa Police, claiming she was murdered by two of her associates.
He alleged that a short while before her death, Sonali Phogat had spoken to her mother, sister and brother-in-law. She sounded disturbed and complained against her two colleague, he added.
Dhaka even claimed that her sister was sexually assaulted by one of her aides three years ago after spiking her food and later blackmailed her.
Sonali Phogat’s nephew Mohinder Phogat told news agency PTI that the family has given consent for the postmortem with a rider that the entire procedure be video-graphed. “The police have told us that the FIR in connection with our complaint would be filed after conducting the postmortem,” he said.
The autopsy was conducted at a state-run Goa Medical College & Hospital (GMCH) two days after her death. However, the findings have not yet been made public.
Meanwhile, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant told reporters in Panaji that state Director General of Police Jaspal Singh was personally monitoring the investigation into the case of Phogat’s death.
(With inputs from PTI.)