Overview

• A court on June 19 remanded Sonam Raghuvanshi and Raj Kushwaha for two additional days and placed three alleged hitmen in 14-day judicial custody.
• Meghalaya Police have questioned Sonam’s family members and associates in Indore and a taxi driver linked to her escape to Ghazipur.
• Investigators are scrutinising call records tied to the alias “Sanjay Verma” as evidence that Raj Kushwaha orchestrated the murder plot.
• Raja Raghuvanshi’s relatives have demanded narco-analysis tests for Sonam’s entire family to probe possible wider conspiracy.
• The Meghalaya government has mandated tourist registration on its official app and revived calls for an Inner Line Permit to bolster security.