CBI FILES CHARGE SHEET AGAINST PHOGAT’S AIDES
The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a charge sheet in connection with BJP leader and actor Sonali Phogat’s death in Goa on August 23 and charged her manager Sudhir Sangvan and his assistant, Sukhwinder Singh, for murder, according to people aware of the details.
PANAJI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a charge sheet in connection with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and actor Sonali Phogat’s death in Goa on August 23 and charged her manager, Sudhir Sangvan, and his assistant, Sukhwinder Singh, for murder, according to people aware of the details.
Both Sangvan and Singh have been accused of forcibly administering MDMA to Phogat while parand
tying at Goa’s Curlies restaurant on the night she died.
CBI, which took over the case in early September has charged the duo under sections 302 (murder), 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherence of common intention) 36 (effects caused partly by act and partly by omission) of Indian Penal Code, an official at Mapusa court said.
“The charge sheet was filed by CBI, New Delhi on Monday evening before the judicial magistrate at Mapusa in North Goa. The matter has been posted for hearing on December 5. The two accused have been charged of murder,” the official said, seeking anonymity.
HT is yet to review a copy of the charge sheet.
Sangwan and Singh were arrested on August 26 in connection with the case.