Sonali Phogat death: Politician and TikTok star was ‘drugged’, police say

Police arrest two in connection with TikTok star’s death, but say their motive remains unknown

Sonali Phogat, a BJP politician and actress, died in Goa on 23 August (Supplied)

Politician and TikTok star Sonali Phogat whose mysterious death is now being investigated as a murder, was forcefully given a drink spiked with an “obnoxious chemical”, claimed police in India’s coastal Goa state.

Officials have also arrested two men in connection, after Phogat, 42, was brought dead to a Goa hospital on 23 August.

Phogat was a member of India’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a popular TikToker.