Sonali Phogat murder: Restaurant owner among two more arrested by Goa Police

Two more people have been arrested in connection with the murder case of actor and BJP leader Sonali Phogat Goa Police said on Saturday Police said they have arrested the owner of Curlies beach shack in Anjuna and a suspected drug peddler Dattprashad Gaonkar taking the total arrests in the case to fourOn Friday Phogats PA Sudhir Sangwan and his associate Sukhwinder Singh were arrested in connection with the alleged murder Police said that the duo who travelled to Goa with Phogat on August 22 had during interrogation confessed that they had intentionally made her drink a liquid mixed with some obnoxious chemical Both the accused will be produced before the court todayMeanwhile the suspected peddler Gaonkar held today had allegedly supplied drugs to Sukhwinder Singh Based on the investigation the police detained the drug peddler who had supplied drugs Anjuna Police saidStatement of more than 2025 people have been recorded so far in the case These include the staff of Curlies Restaurant and others The owner of the restaurant is being questioned by the police police officials saidSonali Phogat 42 was declared dead at the St Anthony Hospital at Anjuna in North Goa on August 23 A postmortem report revealed blunt force injury on her body following which the Goa Police registered a murder casePhogats PA and his associate were arrested after police accessed the CCTV footage in which the trio were seen partying at a clubAlso Read Sonali Phogat murder Goa Congress leader seeks CBI probeOn the basis of 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 saidPhogat was cremated at her hometown in Hisar yesterday Her brother Rinky Dhaka said We are satisfied with how the investigation into the murder of my sister has progressed The CCTV footage has revealed the truth We cremated my sister today will look into the further process to get her justice nowRinku Dhaka had earlier filed a complaint alleging that Phogat was murdered by Sudhir Sangwan her personal trainer along with Sukhwinder Singh who intended to take over her properties and financial assets to finish her political careerWhen confronted Sukhwinder and Sudhir confessed that they intentionally mixed an obnoxious chemical into a liquid and made the victim drink it IGP Omvir Singh Bishnoi saidThe two accused confessed that after they intentionally mixed an obnoxious chemical into a liquid and made the victim drink it which made her feel uneasy after which they took her to the hotel and then to St Anthonys Hospital where she was declared brought dead the Goa police saidMeanwhile Phogats last rites were conducted on Friday at Hisar in HaryanaThe actor who rose to fame with her TikTok videos contested the 2019 Haryana election as a BJP candidate but lost to then Congress leader Kuldeep Bishnoi he has since joined the BJP She also appeared in the reality show Bigg Boss in 2020 ANI