Overview

• The First Class Judicial Magistrate’s Court in Sohra granted property dealer Silome James bail with conditions barring him from obstructing the probe
• James faced charges of obstruction of justice and evidence tampering after the SIT recovered a missing gold chain, Rs 50,000 in cash and a country-made pistol based on his lead
• Co-accused Lokendra Singh Tomar and Balbir Ahirwar secured bail earlier this month, altering the custody landscape for peripheral suspects
• Primary accused Sonam Raghuvanshi, her alleged lover Raj Kushwaha and three hired hitmen remain in custody as the SIT prepares its chargesheet within the 90-day legal window
• Investigators have conducted multi-state raids, forensic reconstructions and digital analysis to strengthen the case in the premeditated killing of Indore businessman Raja Raghuvanshi