Goa Police Thursday registered a murder case against two associates of Haryana BJP leader Sonali Phogat who mysteriously died in the beach village of Anjuna.
Anjuna Police arrested Phogat's associates namely Sudhir Sangwan and Sukhwinder Singh under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that the police had "full freedom" to investigate the case.
A post-mortem on Thursday revealed blunt injury marks on Phogat's body. The leader had complained of uneasiness on Monday after dinner and was brought dead to a local hospital in North Goa early Tuesday. She was holidaying in Goa with some colleagues.
The post-mortem report which was filed by forensic experts Dr Mandar Kantak and Sunil Chimulkar has revealed "multiple blunt force injuries" on the deceased's body, but also adds that it is up to the investigation officer to ascertain its cause.
Her family has alleged foul play in Phogat's death, with her sister claiming that the deceased had called her after dinner on Monday and complained about the food she had eaten. After her death, Pramod Sawant claimed that Phogat had died of a heart attack, even as the deceased's brother Rinku Dhaka demanded a murder case be registered.
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar also said in Chandigarh that the Haryana government is open to a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into Phogat's death if "that's what the family wants".
Speaking to reporters, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that Director General of Police Jaspal Singh had been given full freedom to take decisions in Phogat's probe.
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