Defying Age-Old Tradition, Sonali Phogat's Daughter Shows Courage As She Carries Mother¡¯s Bier

BJP leader and Instagram star Sonali Phogat was declared dead Tuesday morning at the St Anthony Hospital in Anjuna in North Goa. Despite initial reports of a heart attack, her family challenged them and claimed she was a victim of foul play in Goa.

Sonali's last rites were held in Hissar, Haryana, where many people showed up to pay their last respects.

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Amid the crowd of people were the visibly moist eyes of a young teenager, who carried her mother's bier on her shoulders.

Sonali's daughter Yashodhara showed resilience and courage as she took on the role of carrying her mother's bier.

A video that has gone viral shows Yashodhara carrying her late mother's bier. In the video, Sonali's daughter can be seen crying inconsolably.

Yashodhara accompanied her mother on her last journey with all the strength and courage she could muster.

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The responsibility of performing a person's last rites is typically assigned to the male members of the family. However, Yashodhara decided to go ahead and join her mother's funeral.

Yashodhara is the only child of Phogat, a Haryana MLA who was actively involved in the glamour industry.

After Sonali Phogat finished her tenth grade, she was married off. She acknowledged her husband for helping her with finishing her education and helping her enter the acting world. Sonali lost her husband in 2016. Like Sonali, her husband was also found dead under mysterious circumstances.

The late BJP leader and actor Sonali Phogat¡¯s brother, Rinku Dhaka, following his sister¡¯s cremation today, has stated that he and his family "are satisfied with how the investigation" into her murder has progressed.

The late actor¡¯s brother filed a complaint with the Goa Police alleging that his sister was raped and murdered by her assistant, Sudhir Sangwan, and his friend, Sukhwinder.

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Speaking to ANI about the progress made by the police in investigating his sister¡¯s murder, Dhaka said, "We are satisfied with how the investigation into the murder of my sister has progressed. The CCTV footage has revealed the truth."

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He added, "We cremated my sister today, and I will look into the further process to get her justice now."

On Friday, the Goa Police said that Sonali was forcibly drugged at a party by her two associates, who are now arrested after being named as accused in the case related to her death.

"Based on CCTV footage, it was seen that the accused, Sudhir Sangwan, and his associate Sukhwinder Singh were partying with the deceased at a club. A video establishes that one of them forcefully made the victim consume a substance," Inspector General of Police Omvir Singh Bishnoi said.

Sonali Phogat¡¯s post-mortem was done in Goa, and as per Dhaka, the post-mortem report showed four injuries and poison as the causes of death. Her last rites were conducted on Friday at Hisar in Haryana.

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(With ANI inputs)

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