Goa govt ready to hand over Sonali Phogat case to CBI, if required: Sawant

India

oi-PTI

Panaji, Aug 28:
Goa
Chief
Minister
Pramod
Sawant
on
Sunday
said
his
government
is
ready
to
hand
over
the
case
of
death
of
BJP
leader
Sonali
Phogat
to
the
Central
Bureau
of
Investigation
(CBI),
if
required.

Phogat
(43),
a
former
Tik
Tok
star
from
Hisar
in
Haryana
and
contestant
on
the
reality
TV
show
“Big
Boss”,
was
brought
dead
to
a
hospital
in
North
Goa
August
23,
a
day
after
arrival
in
the
coastal
state.

The
state
police
have
so
far
arrested
five
people
in
connection
with
the
case.
These
include
two
associates
of
Phogat
who
have
been
charged
with
murder.

Sonali
Phogat
murder
case:
One
more
drug
peddler
nabbed
by
Goa
Police;
Total
arrests
5

Talking
to
reporters
in
Panaji,
Sawant
said
Haryana
Chief
Minister
Manohar
Lal
Khattar
has
already
spoken
to
him
requesting
for
a
detailed
investigation
into
the
case.

Sawant
said
his
Haryana
counterpart
told
him
that
the
Phogat
family
wants
the
CBI
to
take
over
the
case.

I
don’t
have
any
issue
with
it.
After
all
formalities
today,
if
required,
will
give
this
case
to
the
CBI,
the
Goa
CM
said.

Sawant
also
said
the
Goa
Police
are
thoroughly
investigating
the
case.