Overview

• Sonom Raghuvanshi and her lover Raj Kushwaha orchestrated the May 23 killing of Raja Raghuvanshi during their Meghalaya honeymoon by hiring three contract killers
• Operation Honeymoon mobilized 120 officers from Meghalaya Police, NDRF, SDRF and local agencies to collect witness statements, digital evidence and recover a blood-stained dao near the crime scene
• Raja’s body was discovered on June 2 at Weisangdong Falls with fatal head injuries that a postmortem confirmed were inflicted by a sharp weapon
• Sonom surrendered in Gaziapur on June 9 after hiding in Indore while Raj Kushwaha and the three alleged hit men—Akash Rajput, Vishal Singh Chauhan and Anand Kurmi—were arrested across three states
• After medical evaluations in Shillong, Sonom and her co-accused will appear today before court to seek remand as Meghalaya Police conclude their investigation and prepare for trial