Sonali Phogat Murder To Be Probed By CBI? What Haryana Chief Minister Said

Goa police have registered a case of murder in actor-politician Sonali Phogat's death

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today said the state is open to ordering a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the murder case of Sonali Phogat, an actor and BJP leader, in Goa. "If that's what the family wants, we will do it," he told reporters in Chandigarh.

He also said that as per the family's wishes, a part of her viscera will be examined at a government lab in Chandigarh, besides Goa. "The most important thing is to heed by the family's wishes."

He said he'd spoken to the Goa Chief Minister, Pramod Sawant, and the police there to look beyond the initial theory that she died of a heart attack. "The family suspected something else, so I told the authorities in Goa to look into it. I have not yet got the details of the post-mortem, so I would not like to comment on that specifically," he said.

Asked if there will now be a probe in Haryana into other allegations -- such as sexual assault and theft - made by her family, he said, "Those are older incidents. A lot of things come out when something like this happens. We will see what complaints were made earlier. If there are any culprits, we will act as per the law."