Goa: Two prime suspects and associates of Haryana BJP leader Sonali Phogat were remanded to Judicial Custody after a custodial interrogation. Police produced Sudhir Sangwan and Sukhwinder Singh, both accused of spiked her drinks which ultimately caused Sonali's death, before Mapusa Judicial Magistrate of First Class.
The Magistrate remanded the suspects to Judicial Custody for a period of 13 days, amid the ongoing stir in the Sonali Phogat's death case. Earlier, the police on Friday confirmed that the profile was being reviewed at senior levels and that a chargesheet will be filed on objective grounds.
Profile review
"It is being reviewed at senior levels. We're confident of filing a chargesheet on objective grounds after remand. Will ensure nothing is left out of the investigation," said North Goa SP Shobit Saxena. He further stressed that the police of the western state have a zero-tolerance policy against illicit activities.
"Goa police has zero tolerance towards illicit drug-related activities, had record seizures of illegal drugs in past few years. Action to be taken against those who supply, consume, stock or allow their premises to be used for drug consumption," he added.
Curlies restaurant
Earlier, the Supreme Court stayed the demolition of Curlies restaurant in Goa soon after its demolition began on Friday on the subject to the condition that no commercial activities will take place there. It is here Sonali was allegedly drugged and was later declared dead. The demolition action against the restaurant began after its owner failed to get any respite from the National Green Tribunal (NGT). On Thursday, NGT upheld the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority's previous order to demolish the shack.
Owner Edwin Nunes of the 'Curlies' restaurant, located on Goa's famous Anjuna beach, was among five persons arrested in the Phogat death case and on Thursday was granted conditional bail against a personal bail bond of Rs 30,000 and two sureties of Rs 15,000 each.
Sonali Phogat was declared dead at the St Anthony Hospital at Anjuna in North Goa on August 23. A post-mortem report revealed blunt force injury on her body, following which the Goa Police registered a murder case. (with agency inputs)
