The Meghalaya Police are nonetheless probing to unearth a motive past the one the connection between the accused Raj Kushwaha and Sonam Raghuvanshi, Director Common of Police Idashisha Nongrang mentioned Monday as police investigation into the homicide of Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi.
At a press briefing, the DGP mentioned that the motive at the moment cited within the case “doesn’t sit very effectively”. Raja was hacked to demise on Might 23 whereas honeymooning within the northeastern state. His spouse Sonam, her boyfriend Raj and three hitmen have been arrested in reference to the homicide on June 9.
“I discover it very troublesome to simply accept the motive given by the accused… I’m seeking to see if there’s something extra as a result of I discover it very troublesome to consider that an individual would generate a lot animosity that inside a few days of marriage you plot to kill an individual… On the floor, it seems to be a love triangle however personally I wouldn’t consider that it’s the one motive,” she mentioned.
She mentioned that the investigation is probing all attainable angles.
“The investigation is happening, plenty of the free ends are being tied up and we’re leaving no stone unturned to make sure that the investigation is foolproof and that we’ve a really stable case. Now we have sufficient proof and are working to make sure that the case is chargesheeted throughout the mandated time,” she mentioned.
This comes at a time when a video exhibiting Raja trekking by way of a forest with Sonam has now surfaced, capturing his closing hours earlier than he was killed by employed assassins in Meghalaya’s treacherous terrain.
The footage, recorded by an unsuspecting vacationer on Might 23 at roughly 9:45 am, exhibits the couple trekking up a steep mountain path in Meghalaya’s lush panorama. Vacationer Dev Singh, who was descending the identical path, captured the pair climbing steadily upward—with the prime suspect, Sonam Raghuvanshi, main the best way in a particular white T-shirt, her husband Raja following shut behind.
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The white T-shirt she was carrying would later be found by Meghalaya police close to the crime scene.
The vacationer who shot the video, Dev Singh wrote on Instagram: “Yesterday, I used to be checking movies and I discovered a recording of the Indore couple. It was round 9:45 am after we have been taking place, and the couple was going up. I feel this was the final recording of the couple, and Sonam was carrying the identical white T-shirt, which was discovered close to Raja. I hope this may even assist Meghalaya police in connecting the dots.”
He added with apparent misery: “Each time I watched Raja within the video, I felt very dangerous about him. He was wanting regular however unaware of what could be ready for him”.
Following the questioning of the accused, the police mentioned the newlywed couple checked out of Shipara Homestay in Nongriat at 5:30 am, setting out for what Raja believed could be a romantic trek by way of Cherrapunji’s scenic trails simply half-hour later.
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Unknown to Raja, three employed killers—Anand Kurmi, Akash Rajput, and Vishal Chauhan—had allegedly checked out of their close by lodging at exactly the identical time, shadowing the couple’s each transfer as a part of an elaborate homicide plot orchestrated by his personal spouse and her alleged lover, Raj Kushwaha.
By 10:00 am, after finishing roughly 2,000 steps alongside the treacherous mountain path, destiny intervened. The couple allegedly encountered the three assassins at a predetermined location, with a neighborhood information later reporting he had noticed all 5 people collectively, noting how Sonam had begun strolling conspicuously behind the group because the killers engaged her husband in dialog.
At 12:30 pm, in what would show to be a calculated deception, Sonam allegedly referred to as Raja’s mom, Uma Raghuvanshi, complaining of exhaustion from the demanding trek. Raja himself allegedly spoke to his mom throughout this name—their closing dialog eternally etched in tragedy.
Only one hour later, the group of 5 allegedly drove from Mawlakhiat to the parking space close to Wei Sawdong Waterfalls. There, within the remoted wilderness, the employed killers allegedly murdered Raja earlier than disposing of his physique in a distant gorge.
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What initially seemed to be a lacking particular person’’s case took a sinister activate June 2 when police found Raja’s stays, instantly launching a homicide investigation. The net of deception started unravelling on the evening of June 7, when the “lacking” spouse was allegedly discovered unconscious at a roadside dhaba in Ghazipur.