Overview
- Lokendra Singh Tomar was detained Monday in Gwalior for allegedly aiding Sonam Raghuvanshi by destroying and concealing evidence in the Indore flat where she hid after fleeing Meghalaya.
- His arrest raises the count of suspects to eight, including Sonam, her alleged lover Raj Kushwaha, three hired assailants and two other accomplices held last weekend.
- Authorities say the flat housed a box with Sonam’s missing jewellery, a laptop and a pistol that was later burned at a clandestine site, with no valuables recovered.
- The Meghalaya Police Special Investigation Team is coordinating operations across Meghalaya, Indore and Uttar Pradesh while probing premeditation evidenced by 119 calls between Sonam and Kushwaha and potential financial motives.
- Sonam and Kushwaha remain in 13-day judicial custody in Shillong while investigators prepare a comprehensive chargesheet.