What Caused Politician And Actor Sonali Phogat's Death?

BJP leader and actor Sonali Phogat died on August 22 while on a trip to Goa with her employees. The Haryana politician was at a restaurant when she felt uneasy and was taken to the hospital. The police claimed that she had a heart attack but the autopsy reports revealed  "multiple blunt force injuries", hours after two of her associates were charged with her murder.

The 42 year old politician was at Curlies restaurant in Anjuna on Monday night for dinner with her employees when she told that she was feeling uneasy. She was taken to North Goa's St Anthony hospital where she was declared death. The police found no injuries or marks on her body and hence registered it a case of unnatural death by heart attack. However, they still waited for the autopsy reports and post-mortem for final confirmation.

Sonali Phogat Death Cause

The autopsy reports from Bambolim's Goa Medical College and Hospital came on August 25 and revealed that her body had multiple blunt force injuries on them. The details of the full report were reserved and will be released once histopathology, chemical analysis and serological reports came out. The possible causes of death for now are suspected to be drug overdose and assault which Phogat's family members have claimed.

Phogat's family claimed that her death was a conspiracy planned by her personal assistant Sudhir Sangwan and bodyguard Sukhwinder who were allegedly after her property. The family alleged that the two were planning the murder from months back and the politician suspected their ill wills. In the complaint registered against the two, Phogat's brother-in-law Aman Punia accused that the two were giving her MG drug, it's overdose allegedly caused the death. On being questioned by police, they reportedly admitted that they gave Sonali Phogat drugs. He also suspected that she was locked in bathroom and lack of proper medical help worsened her state.

Punia also mentioned he had a talk with her on call before her death and she seemed disturbed and afraid. She allegedly said that she wasn't able to devote time to her family and said that they (the PA and bodyguard) were doing wrong with her. It was also reported that laptops, CCTV cameras and some other crucial things for investigation were missing from Sonali Phogat's Haryana farmhouse that suggest something sinister going on.

Phogat had reportedly mentioned to her family three months back how her PA removed the cook and took charge of her meals. They also stated that she had reportedly told them about the Chandigarh trip only and not Goa. Recently, she learnt that her PA stole Rs 40 lakhs from her Hisar home and she was to file a complaint against it on returning to Hisar. The bodyguard and PA have also take control of her properties in Gurugram and Hisar. The police is currently looking into the case.

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