Overview

• On June 17, Meghalaya Police escorted Sonam Raghuvanshi, her alleged lover Raj Kushwaha and three hired assailants to the Weisawdong Falls parking area to reenact Raja Raghuvanshi’s May 23 killing.
• The reconstruction confirmed that Raja was struck three times by machetes—one recovered on June 3 and a second later found in the gorge near the waterfall.
• DGP Idashisha Nongrang said the preliminary love-triangle motive “doesn’t sit very well” and that the SIT is exploring whether financial gains or other factors drove the conspiracy.
• Forensic teams and interrogations revealed that Sonam and an accomplice destroyed Raja’s mobile phone at the scene before the hitmen dumped his body into a remote gorge.
• Call data records show Sonam exchanged 119 calls with a new contact, Sanjay Verma, before and after her wedding, a connection now under investigation.