Overview

• Raja and Sonam Raghuvanshi went missing on May 23 after checking out of a Nongriat homestay and Raja’s body was recovered on June 2 in a gorge beneath Weisawdong Falls with fatal injuries.
• Meghalaya DGP Idashisha Nongrang said three men—two from Indore and one from Uttar Pradesh—have confessed to being hired by Sonam to carry out her husband’s killing.
• Sonam surrendered at the Nandganj police station in Ghazipur on June 8 and was taken into custody by a joint team from Meghalaya, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
• A Special Investigation Team has been formed to coordinate the multi-state probe and authorities are still searching for one suspect who remains at large.
• Sonam’s father rejects the allegations and is demanding a CBI inquiry, while Raja’s family insists on the harshest penalty if she is convicted.