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Goa Police Charges Haryana BJP Leader Sonali Phogat’s Associates In Her Murder Case

Sonali Phogat Murder Case: Both Sagwan and Wasi had accompanied Haryana BJP leader Phogat to Goa when she arrived in the coastal state on August 22.

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Goa Police on Thursday pressed a charge of murder against two associates of BJP leader Sonali Phogat soon after autopsy was conducted on her body. 
 
Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code has been added to the  case related to the death of the 42-year-old leader, a senior police official said.

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. 

(With PTI inputs)