Sonali Phogat death: Goa CM recommends CBI probe

Monday, 12 September 2022newsdesk

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said that the government will hand over the case pertaining to the death of Haryana BJP leader and actor Sonali Phogat to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

New Delhi, 12 September 2022

“We have decided to hand over the Sonali Phogat investigation to the CBI. We have full faith in our police but people have repeatedly demanded and her daughter has also demanded that the case be handled by the CBI,” Sawant said. As per news report of The Indian Express, Phogat, 43, whose death is being treated as a case of murder, died in the intervening night of August 22-23, a day after she arrived in Goa. She died after consuming drugs allegedly administered by her personal assistant Sudhir Sangwan and his associate Sukhwinder Singh. Sudhir and Sukhwinder are now in police custody.

Source - The Indian Express