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Sukhwinder Singh is one of the accused in the murder case of Sonali Phogat, who died under suspicious circumstances in Goa in August 2022
Haryana BJP leader and actor Sonali Phogat. (File photo via X/@sonaliphogatbjp)
A sessions court in Goa has granted permission to Sukhwinder Singh, an accused in the murder case of Haryana BJP leader and actor Sonali Phogat, to travel abroad. Singh had applied to the court seeking approval for a two-week trip to Bali, Indonesia, to celebrate his wife’s birthday.
The court, presided over by Sessions Judge Irshad Agha of North Goa, allowed Singh to leave India from Delhi on September 9, with a condition that he must return by September 23.
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The court also ordered Singh to hand over his passport to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) upon his return, provide a written memo within four days of coming back, and share his contact details with the CBI. Singh has also been directed to appear before the court on September 24, The Indian Express reported.
Singh is one of the accused in the murder case of Phogat, who died under suspicious circumstances in Goa in August 2022. Phogat had arrived in Goa on August 22, accompanied by her personal assistant Sudhir Sangvan and Singh, who is Sangvan’s aide. That night, they visited a nightclub in Anjuna. Phogat was later found dead and taken to St Anthony’s Hospital in Anjuna in the early hours of August 23. Initially, her death was registered as ‘unnatural’ by the Goa Police. However, following a post-mortem that revealed multiple blunt force injuries, the case was reclassified as murder.
Police investigations suggested that Phogat died after consuming the drug MDMA, which was allegedly administered by Sangvan and Singh during the night’s party. The Goa Police had stated that the accused “intentionally gave the victim an obnoxious chemical substance in a liquid form.”
The investigation was later handed over to the CBI, which charged the accused under sections of the Indian Penal Code relating to murder and common intention in November 2022.
Singh had earlier been released on bail with the condition that he surrender his passport and not leave Goa without court permission.
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September 06, 2025, 19:53 IST
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