Sonali Phogat death, murder case: Three accused in the murder case of Sonali Phogat were sent to five-day police custody by a Goa court on Sunday. Goa police produced Curlies beach shack owner Edwin Nunes, and two drug peddlers Dattaprasad Gaonkar and Ramakant Mandrekar before the court in Panaji. The court also rejected Nunes bail application. The BJP leader and TikTok star was brought dead to a hospital in North Goa district on August 23, a day after her arrival in the state. On Saturday, two of Phogat’s aides – Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Singh – who accompanied her on the Goa trip were remanded in policy custody for 10 days. Deputy Superintendent of Police Jivba Dalvi had said that Phogat was administered methamphetamine, and some left-over drug was recovered from the restaurant’s washroom.
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A total of five arrests have been made in the case so far. Her post-mortem report had revealed “multiple blunt force injuries” on her body. Meanwhile, Goa police have registered offences under NDPS act against owner of Curlies restaurant Edwin Nunes and Dattaprasad Gaonkar who was involved in supplying of drugs.
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Owner of Curlies restaurant Edwin Nunes bail application has been rejected by the Goa court.
Court remands three accused-Edwin Nunes, owner of Curlies, drug peddler Rama Mandrekar and Dattaprasad Gaonkar to five-day police custody.
Nunes's bail application has been rejected by the Goa court.
The BJP leader's body had "multiple blunt force injuries over the body,” her autopsy report read. However, the copy did not mention those injuries as the cause of death.
Inspector General of Police, Goa, Omvir Singh had said that Phogat’s PA Sudhir Sangwan and his associate Sukhwinder Singh who had come to Goa along with Phogat on August 22 confessed that they had intentionally made her drink an “obnoxious” chemical. She was being taken at the washroom at around 4:30 AM for two hours when she had “completely lost her senses”.
Phogat had contested the 2019 Haryana election as a BJP candidate but lost to then Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi, who has now joined hands with the BJP.
She also appeared in the reality show Bigg Boss in 2020.
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has spoken to him, and Khattar wants CBI to probe the case.
Owner of Curlies restaurant in Goa's Anjuna beach, Edwin Nunes, along with another accused, Dattaprasad Gaonkar to be produced in a court in Goa, They were arrested on Saturday.
A drug peddler, identified as Rama Mandrekar, arrested by Anjuna Police in the matter, taking the total number of arrests in the case to five. (ANI)
Police have registered offences under NDPS act against owner of Curlies restaurant Edwin Nunes and Dattaprasad Gaonkar who was involved in supplying of drugs, says Goa police. (ANI)
Anjuna Police have arrested two more accused in connection with the murder case on Saturday, Goa police said.
"The family is to meet with the CM Haryana, ML Khattar, today evening in Chandigarh. We will ask for CBI enquiry in the case," Kuldeep Phogat, brother-in-law of Sonali Phogat.
Court sent the two accused to 10-day Police custody. They will be interrogated. As soon as new development happens, we will tell you. We have also arrested one drug peddler. The owner of the club where it was supplied has also been arrested: Goa IGP
Accused in the Sonali Phogat murder case, Sudhir Sangwan andSukhwinder Singh taken to Goa medical college & hospital before being taken to 10-day custody.
Edwin Nunes, owner of Curlie's restaurant in Anjuna beach where Phogat was seen partying the night before her death, and drugs dealer Dattaprasad Gaonkar are arrested, reports NDTV. Both have been named as accused in the drugs case.
Goa court remands accused duo Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Wasi in ten-day police custody on Saturday, PTI reports
Anjuna police brought two accused -- Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Singh -- to court on Saturday.
Goa CM Pramod Sawant says, "Full support from day one in the investigation. Those who have to be punished will be punished by Goa Police 100%. At present, they (accused) are in the custody and an investigation is going on..." (ANI)
"We'll send one team to Haryana to verify some allegations & suspicions levelled by the family because those doubts would also have bearing on the investigation. As per the briefing by the Investigating Officer, Goa Police's investigation is going in the correct direction," says DGP. (ANI)
“Drug peddler who had supplied drugs (to accused) has been arrested. Owner of the shack where drugs were found has been arrested too. Investigation is going on well. Multiple teams are working. We will send one team to Haryana too,” Jaspal Singh, DGP, Goa (ANI)
Two accused in the Sonali Phogat death case -- Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Singh -- were produced before a court in Mapusa town by Anjuna police on Saturday, and have been remanded to 10-day police custody. Goa police said that the two accused had allegedly spiked her drink and mixed some “obnoxious substance” in water, and forced her to drink it, while the trio was partying at the popular Goa joint named Curlies restaurant on the intervening night of August 22 and 23.