Thursday | Jun 26 2025 | 12:47:26 PM
New Delhi, June 9
A couple from Indore who recently got married were honeymooning in Mehgalaya but suddenly the duo went missing. Since 18 days their family and police have been searching for them. The police now spotted the dead body of the man and arrested his wife for murder.
The couple, who had married just last month, were reported missing while they were travelling in Sohra in Meghalaya during their honeymoon. Their family members reached Meghalaya after they couldn’t reach them on the phone, and a massive search operation was launched involving the police, SDRF, NDRF, SOT and drones.
The deceased Raja Raghuvanshi’s body was found along with a murder weapon. The police arrested three assailants from Madhya Pradesh wife, Sonam, who surrendered before the police.
Raja’s body was found and retrieved from a gorge below Wei Sawdong Falls by a police drone.
The police had constituted an SIT led by SP (City) East Khasi Hills Herbert Pynniaid Kharkongor to investigate the alleged murder.
Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma mentioned on X, "Within 7 days, a major breakthrough has been achieved by the Meghalaya Police in the Raja murder case… 3 assailants who are from Madhya Pradesh have been arrested, female has surrendered, and the operation is still on to catch one more assailant.”
According to police, Sonam had allegedly hired men to murder her husband. The police arrested one assailant from UP, and another two accused were apprehended from Indore. They revealed that the victim’s wife had hired them. The police found out that she was in relationship with another man identified as Raj Kushwaha and hired the killers from Indore.
Sonam's father has rejected the claims of police and claimed that the Meghalaya Police was fabricating the case and demanding a CBI inquiry into the incident.
