Union Home Ministry orders CBI probe into Sonali Phogat death case

Union Home Ministry has ordered a CBI probe into the death of BJP leader Sonali Phogat. The move came after Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah requesting a probe by the CBI.

The home ministry asked the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to get the case probed by the CBI. The CBI functions under the administrative control of the



DoPT.

Phogat, the BJP leader from Hisar in Haryana, died in Goa on the intervening night of August 22-23 and her death is being treated as a case of murder. The Goa Police has arrested five people, including two aides of Phogat, in connection with the case. The police have booked her two aides under the charge of murder.