Sonali Phogat loss of life case: Goa police arrest drug peddler, Curlies restaurant proprietor
By PTI
PANAJI: The Goa Police on Saturday arrested a North Goa restaurant proprietor and a peddler, who had allegedly provided medication to the 2 accused held earlier within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Sonali Phogat homicide case, a senior officer stated.
With the recent arrests, the variety of individuals in police custody thus far rose to 4.
The drug peddler, Dattaprasad Gaonkar, and Edwin Nunes, who owns Curlies restaurant the place Phogat had partied earlier than her loss of life, have been detained from Anjuna on Saturday morning.
They have been arrested within the afternoon, the officer stated.
Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Singh, arrested earlier within the case, had “confessed” of their assertion that that they had procured medication from Gaonkar, the officer stated.
Gaonkar and Nunes have been booked beneath the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, he stated.
Prima facie, Gaonkar bought medication to Sagwan and Singh who made the sufferer devour them whereas partying.
Nunes is held because the incident occurred on the premises of his restaurant.
The police on Friday stated Sagwan and Singh allegedly blended 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 42-year-old fashionable TikTok star was introduced lifeless to St Anthony Hospital at Anjuna in North Goa district on August 23 morning from her resort.
A courtroom in Goa on Saturday remanded Sagwan and Singh in police custody for ten days.
Nunes had confirmed to PTI earlier that Phogat had come to his restaurant like some other buyer.
He, nevertheless, did not meet Phogat and the restaurant workers handled her like some other patron, Nunes had stated.
Police had stated that the motive behind the alleged homicide of Phogat could possibly be “economic interest”.
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PANAJI: The Goa Police on Saturday arrested a North Goa restaurant proprietor and a peddler, who had allegedly provided medication to the 2 accused held earlier within the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Sonali Phogat homicide case, a senior officer stated.
With the recent arrests, the variety of individuals in police custody thus far rose to 4.
The drug peddler, Dattaprasad Gaonkar, and Edwin Nunes, who owns Curlies restaurant the place Phogat had partied earlier than her loss of life, have been detained from Anjuna on Saturday morning.
They have been arrested within the afternoon, the officer stated.
Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Singh, arrested earlier within the case, had “confessed” of their assertion that that they had procured medication from Gaonkar, the officer stated.
Gaonkar and Nunes have been booked beneath the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, he stated.
Prima facie, Gaonkar bought medication to Sagwan and Singh who made the sufferer devour them whereas partying.
Nunes is held because the incident occurred on the premises of his restaurant.
The police on Friday stated Sagwan and Singh allegedly blended 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 42-year-old fashionable TikTok star was introduced lifeless to St Anthony Hospital at Anjuna in North Goa district on August 23 morning from her resort.
A courtroom in Goa on Saturday remanded Sagwan and Singh in police custody for ten days.
Nunes had confirmed to PTI earlier that Phogat had come to his restaurant like some other buyer.
He, nevertheless, did not meet Phogat and the restaurant workers handled her like some other patron, Nunes had stated.
Police had stated that the motive behind the alleged homicide of Phogat could possibly be “economic interest”.
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