CBI takes over probe in BJP leader Sonali Phogat's death

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday took over the probe in the death of BJP leader Sonali Phogat.

Phogat, 43, was found dead in Goa on August 22-23 night.

The move came after the home ministry asked the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to get the case probed by the CBI.


The CBI functions under the administrative control of the DoPT.

Phogat, the BJP leader from Hisar in Haryana, died in Goa in the intervening night of August 22-23 and her death is being treated as a case of murder.

The Goa Police had arrested five people, including two aides of Phogat, in connection with the case.

The police have booked her two aides under the charge of murder.