Curlies Restaurant Owner, Drug Peddler Arrested After Sonali Phogat's Aides Confess To Crime

After Sonali Phogat's aides - Sudhir Sangwan and his friend Sukhwinder Wasi confessed to intentionally spiking the BJP leader's drink with chemical substances, police have arrested Curlies restaurant owner and a drug peddler in connection to her murder on Saturday, August 27, 2022.

Speaking of the arrest, Deputy Superintendent of Police Jivba Dalvi told IANS, "Today morning, we detained the owner of Curlies restaurant and one drug peddler in this case. We are questioning them."

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Goa police have also arrested Sudhir Sangwan and Sukhwinder Wasi and charged them with murder to ¡°avoid the possibility of destruction of evidence and influencing the witnesses¡± in the case. This development comes after Sonali Phogat's brother claimed that the two accused murdered his sister.

Moreover, a CCTV footage has been recovered by the police that shows Sonali Phogat staggering out of a Goa hotel with her accomplices just hours before her shocking death on August 23.

#CCTV footage of a resort in #Goa indicates #SonaliPhogat in inebriated condition. She was held by her PA #SudhirSangwan @thetribunechd #SonaliPhogatDeath #SonaliDeathMystery #SonaliPhogatDeathMystery #SonaliPhoghat #Sonali pic.twitter.com/F1wk2vgirJ

¡ª Deepender Deswal (@deependerdeswal) August 26, 2022

The video shows Sonali Phogat unable to walk on her own apparently in an inebriated condition while her personal assistant Sudhir Sangwan helps her. Sonali Phogat's other associate Sukhwinder Singh, was also present with them when they left Curlie¡¯s Restaurant situated on the Anjuna beach for their hotel Grand Leonny, Monday night where they all were staying, before she died.

Reportedly, police have also gathered evidence of Sudhir Sangwan making Sonali Phogat forcibly drink water that contained some "obnoxious substance¡±.

#WATCH | Sonali Phogat death: Goa IGP says,"...Video establishes that one of the accused forcefully made her consume a substance. When confronted, accused Sukhwinder Singh & Sudhir Sangwan confessed they intentionally mixed obnoxious chemical into a liquid & made her drink it..." pic.twitter.com/85aPyjuGy4

¡ª ANI (@ANI) August 26, 2022

The Bigg Boss fame was taken to St. Anthony¡¯s Hospital the next morning but doctors declared her brought dead and said that she had a heart attack. Police had filed a murder case after Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar intervened.

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Moreover, Sonali Phogat's post-mortem report revealed that ¡°there are multiple blunt force injuries over the body.¡± The report suggested police to investigate the cause of Sonali Phogat's death.

CM Manohar Lal Khattar also said that the case could also be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) with late Sonali Phogat's family's permission. The late social media star's family had also alleged rape, however, police is yet to press those charges as investigation is still pending.

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According to reports, Sonali Phogat's cremation took place in Hisar where her teenage daughter Yashodhara lit the funeral pyre at the cremation ground in Rishi Naga in presence of family members and hundreds of people, who turned up to pay their last respects to the BJP leader.

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