PANAJI: The deceased Sonali Phogat's brother Rinku Dhaka has filed a complaint with the police alleging that his sister was raped and murdered by her personal assistant Sudhir Sangwan and his friend. It was initially assumed that Sonali, who was a BJP leader, died of a heart attack.

In the complaint, Rinku stated that Sonali had spoken to her mother, sister and brother-in-law a few hours before her demise on August 23. He claimed that during the conversation Sonali had complained against her staff and alleged that her PA raped her after adding drugs to her meals.

"She (Sonali) said Sangwan had given her food laced with some intoxicant, raped her and made a video and was threatening to make the video viral on social media," the complaint reads.

The complainant also claimed that Sangwan also threatened Sonali of destroying her political and acting career and seized her phones, property records, ATM cards, and house keys.

Sonali, a native of Haryana, contested the last Assembly election from Haryana from the Adampur constituency on a BJP ticket against Kuldeep Bishnoi. She also appeared in the reality show 'Bigg Boss' in 2020.