Phogat ‘homicide’: ‘Curlies’ restaurant at Goa’s Anjuna seashore again in limelight after 14 years
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PANAJI: The restaurant on Goa’s well-known Anjuna seashore, the place Haryana BJP chief Sonali Phogat had visited earlier than coming again to her resort and complaining of uneasiness, was within the limelight 14 years in the past when a British teenager had died.
Sonali Phogat (42) had visited ‘Curlies’ restaurant on Monday night time and was introduced lifeless to the St Anthony Hospital in Anjuna in North Goa district from her resort on August 23 morning.
Her loss of life earlier suspected to have been brought on by a coronary heart assault, is now being handled as a homicide and two of her associates have been arrested by the Anjuna police.
The restaurant had hit the headlines throughout investigations into the loss of life of British teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling in 2008.
The mom of Keeling had then claimed her daughter stated she had visited ‘Curlies’ simply earlier than coming to the place the place she was sexually assaulted and left to die on the seashore.
“From the evidence on record it appeared that Scarlett Keeling was taken to Curlies prior to her arrival at the Lui’s Shack where she finally died,” advocate Vikram Varma, a lawyer who represented the deceased’s mom, Fiona Mackeown, informed PTI on Thursday.
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He stated the proof additionally revealed she might have already been intoxicated with harmful narcotics previous to arriving at Lui’s Shack. Now, the restaurant is once more in information following the loss of life of Sonali Phogat, who hailed from Hisar in Haryana and located fame on TikTok, the favored video internet hosting service now banned in India.
Sonali Phogat’s nephew Mohinder Phogat has claimed she was taken to Curlies by the 2 arrested accused, Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Wasi, on a fateful night time.
“She was told there is a man from Haryana who is working in Curlies whom they wanted to meet,” he stated.
“Mohinder Phogat said Sonali Phogat went straight to her hotel room from Curlies before being taken to the hospital the next morning. After arriving at the hotel, the 42-year-old Haryana politician had complained of uneasiness,” he stated.
When contacted, the proprietor of Curlies, Edwin Nunes, confirmed Sonali Phogat had come to his restaurant together with others.
“No one from our staff knew them. They were like normal customers for us,” he stated.
Nunes stated he was questioned by the Goa police over Sonali Phogat’s presence at his restaurant after her loss of life.
“I have told the police they were just like any other customers to us,” he added.
Sonali Phogat arrived in Goa on August 22 accompanied by her associates Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Wasi.
The Goa Police on Thursday pressed a cost of homicide towards the 2 associates after a autopsy report talked about there have been “multiple blunt force injuries” on the physique of Sonali Phogat.
PANAJI: The restaurant on Goa’s well-known Anjuna seashore, the place Haryana BJP chief Sonali Phogat had visited earlier than coming again to her resort and complaining of uneasiness, was within the limelight 14 years in the past when a British teenager had died.
Sonali Phogat (42) had visited ‘Curlies’ restaurant on Monday night time and was introduced lifeless to the St Anthony Hospital in Anjuna in North Goa district from her resort on August 23 morning.
Her loss of life earlier suspected to have been brought on by a coronary heart assault, is now being handled as a homicide and two of her associates have been arrested by the Anjuna police.
The restaurant had hit the headlines throughout investigations into the loss of life of British teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling in 2008.
The mom of Keeling had then claimed her daughter stated she had visited ‘Curlies’ simply earlier than coming to the place the place she was sexually assaulted and left to die on the seashore.
“From the evidence on record it appeared that Scarlett Keeling was taken to Curlies prior to her arrival at the Lui’s Shack where she finally died,” advocate Vikram Varma, a lawyer who represented the deceased’s mom, Fiona Mackeown, informed PTI on Thursday.
ALSO READ | Injuries on Sonali Phogat’s physique, says autopsy report; homicide cost pressed towards two associates
He stated the proof additionally revealed she might have already been intoxicated with harmful narcotics previous to arriving at Lui’s Shack. Now, the restaurant is once more in information following the loss of life of Sonali Phogat, who hailed from Hisar in Haryana and located fame on TikTok, the favored video internet hosting service now banned in India.
Sonali Phogat’s nephew Mohinder Phogat has claimed she was taken to Curlies by the 2 arrested accused, Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Wasi, on a fateful night time.
“She was told there is a man from Haryana who is working in Curlies whom they wanted to meet,” he stated.
“Mohinder Phogat said Sonali Phogat went straight to her hotel room from Curlies before being taken to the hospital the next morning. After arriving at the hotel, the 42-year-old Haryana politician had complained of uneasiness,” he stated.
When contacted, the proprietor of Curlies, Edwin Nunes, confirmed Sonali Phogat had come to his restaurant together with others.
“No one from our staff knew them. They were like normal customers for us,” he stated.
Nunes stated he was questioned by the Goa police over Sonali Phogat’s presence at his restaurant after her loss of life.
“I have told the police they were just like any other customers to us,” he added.
Sonali Phogat arrived in Goa on August 22 accompanied by her associates Sudhir Sagwan and Sukhwinder Wasi.
The Goa Police on Thursday pressed a cost of homicide towards the 2 associates after a autopsy report talked about there have been “multiple blunt force injuries” on the physique of Sonali Phogat.
