Ghazipur/Patna: Last night, the prime accused in the alleged murder of Indore resident Raja Raghuvanshi, his wife Sonam, was taken from the Forest Staff Training Centre at Ghazipur for a medical examination. Later, Sonam left for court late evening on Monday. The Meghalaya police obtained a three-day transit remand of Sonam from the court.
Sonam was then taken to Phulwari Sharif Police Station in Patna, Bihar, by road. Post noon today, the Meghalaya police took Sonam to the Patna airport from where they boarded the flight to Guwahati. Upon arrival, they travelled by road to Shillong, Meghalaya.
Sonam allegedly hired contract killers to murder her husband Raja, while the newly-wed couple were on their honeymoon in Shillong, Meghalaya. Reportedly, Sonam had earlier surrendered to the UP Police at a roadside eatery at Ghazipur.
Sonam was arrested in connection with the killing of her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi, whose body was discovered in a gorge near the Weisawdong Parking Lot in Meghalaya on June 2. The couple, who had gone missing on May 23, were initially the focus of a missing persons case that eventually escalated into a murder investigation following the recovery of Raja’s body. Sonam remained untraceable until she surrendered to the police in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, on June 8.
The surrender marked a turning point in the case, which had gripped authorities in multiple states for two weeks. According to Meghalaya Police, the murder was the result of an extramarital affair. Sonam allegedly plotted her husband’s killing in collusion with her boyfriend, Raj Kushwaha, and turned herself in after mounting pressure from the investigation. Besides Sonam, Raj Singh Kushwaha has also been arrested, along with three others identified as Vishal Singh Chauhan from Indore, Aakash Rajput from Lalitpur, and Anand from Bina in Sagar district. The investigation continues in the high-profile murder case.
IANS
