Overview
- Sonam Raghuvanshi surrendered at a Ghazipur dhaba on June 8 and claimed she had been drugged and brought to Uttar Pradesh, a version rejected by authorities.
- Meghalaya and Uttar Pradesh police have arrested four other accused—Raj Singh Kushwaha, Akash Rajput, Vishal Singh Chauhan and Anand Kurmi—in connection with the killing.
- All five suspects were moved to Shillong under transit remand for detailed interrogation and an on-site crime reconstruction ordered by the court.
- Investigators say forensic evidence and drone-assisted searches traced contract killers hired by Sonam to murder her husband during their May honeymoon.
- Raja Raghuvanshi’s body was recovered on June 2 in a gorge near Weisawdong Falls, with autopsy confirming fatal head wounds from a sharp weapon.