New Delhi: The family, friends and fans of BJP leader and ex-Bigg Boss star Sonali Phogat are mourning the shocking demise of a 42-year-old celebrity in Goa. Initial reports suggest that he succumbed to a heart attack. However, his family has alleged ‘wrong play’.
Her brother Rinku Dhaka filed a formal complaint with the Goa Police, claiming that she was murdered by two of her associates. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said the state police was conducting a detailed investigation into Phogat’s death. In his complaint, his brother has made some serious allegations against Sonali’s PA Sudhir Sangwan. He has accused her of rape and murder in his complaint letter. He alleged that Sangwan, along with his friend Sukhwinder, was blackmailing Sonali over an objectionable video made of him after consuming some substance and then raping her. He alleged some political conspiracy behind his murder.
Sonali met her PAs Sudhir and Sukhwinder in 2019 during her political tenure. Sudhir is a resident of Rohtak and Sukhwinder is a resident of Bhiwani, Haryana. He introduced himself as a party worker.
According to the complainant Rinku, there was a theft at Sonali’s house in 2021 and Sudhir was behind this incident. The cook and other staff members were sacked following the incident. He alleged that Sonali herself once told her brother how the kheer made by Sudhir made him tremble.
Her brother alleged that Sudhir threatened Sonali on several occasions to end her political and film career. Rinku said that her sister mentioned how Sudhir could do something wrong with his partner Sukhwinder and soon after that the phone was hung…
Sawant told reporters that looking at the opinion of doctors and Goa Director General of Police (DGP) Jaspal Singh, it appears that he died of a heart attack.
However, Phogat’s brother Rinku Dhaka alleged that shortly before his death, Phogat had spoken to his mother, sister and brother-in-law, during which he harassed and complained against two of his associates.
Rinku told that when the family reached Goa, it came to know that the shooting of the film has not been done. He alleged that Sudhir murdered Sonali along with Sukhwinder while hatching a political conspiracy to grab her property. Sudhir switched off his phone and Sonali’s phone after informing the family about her death.
He also claimed that CCTV cameras, laptops and other important things from his farmhouse in Haryana have disappeared after his death.
Phogat (42), a BJP leader from Haryana’s Hisar who shot to fame on Tik Tok, was “brought dead” on Tuesday morning at St Anthony’s Hospital in Anjuna, North Goa, a police officer said earlier, adding that he died of a suspect. heart attack.
Anjuna police had registered a case of unnatural death. Phogat’s relatives reached Goa on Tuesday night.
Dhaka, in its complaint filed with Anjuna Police in Goa, claimed that two of Phogat’s associates killed him in Goa.
“We told him to stay away from them and return to Hisar the next day (after Phogat spoke to his mother), Dhaka told reporters outside Anjuna police station. He claimed that the police refused to register an FIR against the two persons.
“If an FIR is not registered against him, we will not allow the postmortem to be conducted in Goa,” he said.
Dhaka said the family members would prefer the postmortem to be done at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi or AIIMS, Jaipur.
“She was a BJP leader for the last 15 years. We will also appeal to the Prime Minister to help us in getting them justice.”
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Sawant said that he is investigating the matter with Director General of Police Jaspal Singh.
“Goa police is investigating the matter in detail,” he said.
Deputy Superintendent of Police Jeevba Dalvi had earlier said that Phogat had come to Goa on August 22 and was staying at a hotel in Anjuna area. He told that he was brought from the hotel to the hospital at around 9 am on Tuesday.
DGP Singh told PTI on Tuesday that Phogat was brought to St Anthony’s Hospital after he complained of uneasiness. Singh said there was no foul play in the case, even as Phogat’s family questioned the circumstances of his death and opposition parties in Haryana demanded a CBI probe.
There are no external injury marks on the body, the DGP had said, adding that the postmortem report would reveal the exact cause of death.
(with PTI inputs)