Overview

• Sonam surrendered in Ghazipur on June 9 and was flown to Shillong, where a court granted her and four co-accused eight days of police custody.
• Investigators say Sonam watched her husband fall victim to three hired assailants near Weisawdong Falls after funding the plot with a ₹20 lakh payment.
• Raj Kushwaha, Sonam’s alleged lover and suspected mastermind, has been arrested alongside three contract killers in separate operations.
• Mobile phone data, CCTV footage and bank transfers have formed the core of the police’s investigation codenamed “Operation Honeymoon.”
• Govind Raghuvanshi, Sonam’s brother, has disowned her and vowed to advocate for Raja’s family in seeking justice and capital punishment.