Sonali Phogat death case: Post-mortem report indicates multiple injuries on BJP leader's body, two charged for murder

Goa Police on Thursday pressed a charge of murder against two associates of BJP leader Sonali Phogat soon after the autopsy report mentioned multiple blunt force injuries on her body.

According to PTI sources, Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code has been added to the case related to the death of the 42-year-old leader.

Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Wasi were named as accused in the case, he added. Sagwan and Wasi had accompanied Phogat to Goa when she arrived in the coastal state on August 22.


Her brother Rinku Dhaka had filed a complaint against the two men at Anjuna Police Station on Wednesday. Autopsy was conducted on Phogat's body at the Goa Medical College and Hospital earlier in the day.

On Thursday, autopsy was conducted on Phogat's body at the Goa Medical College and Hospital.

(With inputs from PTI)