GOA POLICE CLAIM CRUCIAL EVIDENCES FOUND IN PHOGAT CASE, FAMILY SAYS ‘WASTE OF TIME’

The Goa police team, now in Haryana and is conducting a probe in BJP leader Sonali Phogat death case on Thursday said crucial facts came to light and important evidence was collected.

Shobit Saxena, SP, North Goa on Thursday said, “The investigation is on track. We created a special team that went to Haryana. The team in Haryana is conducting a probe that has been fruitful so far, as some crucial facts came to light and important evidence was collected by them.” SP Saxena further added that they have also recovered a bottle containing drugs at the Curlies restaurant and mentioned that proper action had been initiated by the DM.

“We have recovered one bottle which was containing some drugs at Curlies restaurant, Anjuna. Proper action has been initiated by DM. We are trying to discover all kinds of conspiracies from all angles,” he said.

Meanwhile, Phogat’s brother Vatan Dhaka informed that the Goa police have checked her bedroom and her office downstairs, where they found only routine documents and routine material. “They (Goa Police team) checked her bedroom and her office downstairs and found only routine documents and routine material,” said Vatan Dhaka.

However, the deceased’s other brother Rinku Dhaka had said that the police came to conduct a financial probe only and alleged that their probe was a formality to waste time.

“They came here only for a financial probe. The main motive of the murder is yet to come to light. Goa Police has not said anything. It seems like a formality to spend time,” said Rinku, hinting at a political conspiracy behind the death of Sonali Phogat.

“Yes, it’s a possibility,” he said on being asked if there could be a political conspiracy behind it.

Sonali Phogat, 42, 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.