BJP's Sonali Phogat Autopsy Says "Blunt Force Injuries"

The BJP leader's family questioned initial reports that she had died of a cardiac arrest.

BJP leader Sonali Phogat's body had "multiple blunt force injuries", an autopsy revealed on Thursday. "There are multiple blunt force injuries over the body. 

As per the information, In view of the above, the manner of death is for the investigating officer to ascertain," the post-mortem report said on the 'Bigg Boss' star whose death has stunned the political and entertainment world.

According to the state given by the police, "Women police officers who conducted a physical examination of Sonali Phogat's body have not found any sharp-edged injuries on the body," police said.

They (Sudhir Sangwan and Sukhwinder) have been asked to join the investigation. If during the course of investigation if anything comes on record about their involvement, then action will be taken as per law. Since cause of death has not been ascertained through post mortem, only questioning would lead to some clue at this stage. Injuries are just abrasions which were caused during the process of shifting as she was picked up by four people and put in the cab," a top police officer in Goa told NDTV.

Sonali Phogat, 43, was declared dead at the St Anthony Hospital at Anjuna in North Goa on Tuesday morning. Her family questioned initial reports that she had died of a cardiac arrest.

Her brother Rinku Dhaka filed a complaint alleging that his sister was raped and murdered by Sudhir Sangwan and Sukhwinder. He claimed she was being blackmailed with an explicit video.

"She told us something was mixed with her food. Arrest those whom we are suspecting," her brother told NDTV. Her 15-year-old daughter Yashodhara has also sought justice for her mother. Sonali Phogat's husband died in 2016.