Overview

• The 14-day custody extension grants investigators more time to examine digital communications, financial records and forensic evidence related to the case.
• Three other suspects—Akash Rajput, Anand Kurmi and Vishal Chauhan—entered judicial remand on July 31 as part of coordinated operations across multiple states.
• Victim Raja Raghuvanshi disappeared on May 23 during his honeymoon and his mutilated body was recovered in a Sohra gorge on June 2.
• Authorities have reconstructed the Sohra crime scene, seized alleged murder weapons and reviewed 119 call logs to substantiate claims of a plot orchestrated by Sonam Raghuvanshi and Raj Kushwaha.
• The Special Investigation Team under ‘Operation Honeymoon’ continues to advance forensic, digital and financial probes to finalize a chargesheet against eight detained suspects.