Chandigarh/Panaji: A day after Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that he had requested the Goa government to order a CBI investigation into the murder of BJP leader Sonali Phogat, his Goa counterpart Pramod Sawant on Sunday said that his government is ready to hand over the case to the CBI if required.
Speaking to reporters in Panaji Sawant said that Khattar has requested him to ensure a thorough probe of the case. Sawant also said that the Haryana Chief Minister told him that Phogat's family wants a CBI probe into the case. "I don't have any issue with it. After all formalities today, if required, will give this case to the CBI," said Sawant adding that the Goa Police are thoroughly investigating the case.
Khattar on Saturday assured full support to Phogat's family. "The government is firmly standing with the family in this sensitive time and the government will take every possible step to ensure justice in this case," said the Haryana Chief Minister.
Three more arrested since Saturday
Three persons have been arrested in relation to the murder case of BJP leader Sonali Phogat by Goa police since Saturday taking the total number of arrests in the case to five. While a drug peddler identified as Rama Mandrekar was arrested by Goa Police, earlier two more persons were arrested in the case. Speaking to media persons Deputy Superintendent of Police (DCP), Jivba Dalvi said that the arrested have been identified as Edwin Nunes, owner of Curlies Beach Shack in Anjuna, and also a suspected drug peddler Dattprashad Gaonkar.
"Based on the disclosure of accused Sudhir Sangwan, the drugs given to the deceased were seized from the washroom of the Curlies restaurant. The drugs have been identified as Metamemphatamine," said Dalvi. The DCP said that it was revealed during the investigation that the drugs were supplied by a person called Dattaprasad Gaonkar adding that he was working as a room boy in Hotel Grand Leoney Resort in Anjuna where the accused persons and Phogat were staying.
Out of the five arrested three were remanded to police custody by a Goa court for five days on Sunday. The accused -Edwin Nunes, who owns the Curlies restaurant in Goa, and two drug peddlers Dattaprasad Gaonkar and Ramakant Mandrekar- were produced before a court in Panaji.
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"The police have registered offences under sections 22(b), 29 and 25 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act against the caretaker or owner of Curlies restaurant Edwin Nunes and Dattaprasad Gaonkar and both have been arrested," added Dalvi.
