A brand new flip has come to mild within the homicide of Indore businessman Raja Raghuvanshi in Meghalaya. The police had earlier claimed that 5 accused together with Sonam Raghuvanshi had confessed their crime. However now two important accused Akash Rajput and Anand Kurmi, arrested on the cost of homicide, stored silence in entrance of the Justice of the Peace and retracted from their outdated assertion.
The accused didn’t communicate in entrance of the Justice of the Peace
In line with the Meghalaya Police, throughout interrogation, Akash and Anand accepted their position, however on 26 June, he didn’t make any assertion when he appeared within the courtroom (Sonam Raghuvanshi Case). Legally, the assertion made earlier than the Justice of the Peace is legitimate within the courtroom. Now the police is getting ready a powerful case towards the accused primarily based on forensic report, GPS information, name data, and different digital proof.
Sonam Raghuvanshi Case: Conspiracy to homicide honeymoon
The sensational homicide started on 20 Might 2025, when King Raghuvanshi went to Meghalaya for a honeymoon together with his spouse Sonam (Sonam Raghuvanshi Case). The couple went lacking on 23 Might and on June 2, the king’s physique was present in a mutilated situation in a deep ditch. The investigation revealed that Sonam alongside together with her lover Raj Kushwaha had conspired to kill her husband. It’s alleged that he gave a betel nut of Rs 20 lakh for the homicide.
The homicide included Vishal Singh Chauhan, Akash Rajput and Anand Kurmi, who killed the king within the presence of Sonam and threw the physique into the ditch.
Extra arrests on fees of eradicating proof
The Meghalaya Police has thus far arrested eight accused. These embrace Sonam, Raj Kushwaha, three betel nut killers and lately arrested from Indore (Sonam Raghuvanshi Case) Lokendra Singh Tomar, Silom James and Ballu Ahirwar. All three are accused of destroying proof. Police have additionally recovered a desi pistol, two magazines and reside cartridges within the raid.
Sonam Raghuvanshi Case: Demand for Narco Take a look at and Police Reply
The household of Raja Raghuvanshi demanded a narco take a look at on the primary accused Sonam and her lover Raj. However Meghalaya Superintendent of Police Vivek Seym clarified that based on the rule of thumb of the Supreme Court docket, the narco take a look at just isn’t necessary, particularly when satisfactory technical and bodily proof is out there.
Chargesheet will quickly seem in courtroom
Police say that the cost sheet shall be ready and filed within the courtroom quickly on the premise of DNA studies, digital location information, and different proof collected within the case. Additionally, regardless of overturning the assertion of two accused within the Sonam Raghuvanshi case, the police say that the case is powerful and the accused won’t survive.