Sagwan and Singh allegedly combined some ‘obnoxious substance’ in water and compelled Phogat to drink it whereas partying at Curlies restaurant
Panaji: The Goa Police on Saturday detained a North Goa restaurant proprietor and a suspected peddler, who had allegedly provided medication to the 2 accused arrested within the Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) chief Sonali Phogat homicide case, a senior officer stated.
The suspected drug peddler, Dattaprasad Gaonkar, was detained from Anjuna after the accused duo “confessed” of their assertion that they’d procured medication from him, the officer stated.
One other man who has been detained is recognized as Edwin Nunes, the proprietor of Curlies restaurant, the place Phogat was partying late at night time on August 22 earlier than her dying beneath mysterious circumstances.
Goa Police had arrested Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Singh accompanying Phogat, a well-liked TikTok star who hailed from Haryana, to Goa.
Phogat, 42, was introduced useless to St Anthony Hospital at Anjuna in North Goa district on August 23 morning from her resort.
The police on Friday stated Sagwan and Singh allegedly combined some “obnoxious substance” in water and compelled Phogat to drink it whereas partying at Curlies restaurant on the intervening night time of August 22 and 23, including they’ve been charged with homicide.
The motive behind the alleged homicide of Phogat could possibly be “financial curiosity”, a senior police officer had stated.
