Sonali Phogat 'murder' case: Goa police arrest Curlies bar owner, drug peddler and two others

Sonali Phogat 'murder' case: Goa police arrest Curlies bar owner, drug peddler and two others

Curlies owner Edwin Nunes and drug peddler Dattaprasad Gaonkar have been named as accused in the drugs case. Four people have been arrested in Phogat's murder case so far.

AgenciesUpdated: Saturday, August 27, 2022, 03:29 PM IST
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Sonali Phogat 'murder' case: Goa police arrest Curlies bar owner, drug peddler and two others | File Photo

The Goa Police on Saturday arrested Curlies bar owner Edwin Nunes in connection with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sonali Phogat murder case. Phogat before her death was seen at the popular shack.

Earlier in the day, the police had arrested a drug dealer named Dattaprasad Gaonkar in the case who had allegedly supplied drugs to the two accused--Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Singh. This takes the arrest count to four in the actor's murder case.

According to a report in NDTV, Nunes and Gaonkar have been named as accused in the drugs case.

Gaonkar, was arrested from Anjuna after the accused duo "confessed" in their statement that they had procured drugs from him, the officer said.

Phogat, 42, was brought dead to St Anthony Hospital at Anjuna in North Goa district on August 23 morning from her hotel.

The police on Friday said Sagwan and Singh allegedly mixed some "obnoxious substance" in water and forced Phogat to drink it while partying at Curlies restaurant on the intervening night of August 22 and 23, adding they have been charged with murder.

The motive behind the alleged murder of Phogat could be "economic interest", a senior police officer had said.

Meanwhile, the Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that his government will provide complete support to state police investigations in her murder case.

"Full support from day one in the investigation. Those who have to be punished will be punished by Goa Police one hundred present. At present, they (accused) are in custody and an investigation is going on," CM Sawant said while talking to reporters here.

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