Five days following Sonali Phogat’s death, more drugs were discovered in under-lens Goa nightclub restroom

The 42-year-old social media sensation was brought dead from her hotel to St Anthony Hospital in Anjuna, North Goa.

According to a message from the Goa Police that has lately come to light, further narcotics were found on Saturday in a nightclub bathroom where the late Sonali Phogat of the Haryana BJP and her now-arrested supporters Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Singh had gone.

Questions are raised as to why the drugs weren’t discovered earlier in the investigation given that the new discovery comes 5 days after her passing. The Arjuna Police station on Saturday filed a case under sections 22(b), 29 and 25 of the NDPS ACT 1985 after discovering 2.20 grammes of “Methamphetamine” secreted in the women’s restroom of Curlies Beach Shack restaurant in Anjuna, in accordance with the wireless message.

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While Sukhwinder Singh purchased the pills on August 22 from a drug dealer named Dattaprasad Goankar, who is currently also in custody, Sudhir Sagwan is accused of concealing them. “Owner/management of Curlies Beach Shack, Anjuna found knowingly permitted their premises for carrying out Narcotics activities,” it said.

Police have detained Edwin Nunes, the owner of Curlies restaurant, and alleged narcotics dealer Goankar. Under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, they were both arrested.

“The peddler provided drugs to Sudhir which were administered to the deceased. The case has been registered against the premises of Shack and we recovered a small among of drugs from the toilet. Since he (Nunes) is the caretaker or manager of the resort, it is his responsibility that his premises are not used for illegal purposes. Both have been taken into custody,” Goa DGP Jaspal Singh said.

Police detained Sagwan and Singh on Friday for allegedly placing “obnoxious material” in a drink and forcing Phogat to eat it on August 22 during a party at Curlies restaurant. Charges of murder have been added to the case.