Officials reported on Monday that police have arrested Sonam, the wife of Indore resident Raja Raghuvanshi—who was found dead in Meghalaya during their honeymoon—for allegedly plotting his murder by hiring contract killers.
Authorities discovered Sonam unconscious at a roadside eatery (Dhaba) in Ghazipur on Saturday night. Authorities took her to Ghazipur Medical College for treatment, where she later surrendered to the police, who then took her into custody.
Meghalaya Director General of Police (DGP) Idashisha Nongrang said that they arrested three other accused in overnight raid. Authorities found one person in Uttar Pradesh and arrested the other two in Indore. The accused told the police that Sonam had hired them to kill her husband.
Police are questioning the accused and investigating further, officials said.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma congratulated the police for cracking the case.
He said in a post on X, “The #meghalayapolice have achieved a major breakthrough in the Raja murder case within 7 days… They have arrested 3 assailants from Madhya Pradesh, the female has surrendered, and the operation to catch one more assailant is still ongoing… well done.”
Honeymoon Turns Tragic: Indore Man Found Dead in Meghalaya Gorge, Wife Arrested for Alleged Murder Plot
The newlywed couple, Raja Raghuvanshi and his wife Sonam, were visiting Cherrapunjee in the East Khasi Hills for their honeymoon when they went missing on May 23.The locals spotted the couple checking out of Balaji Homestay after they arrived in Nongriat a day earlier. Authorities found the scooter they had rented abandoned at Sohrarim a day after they went missing.
Ten days later, authorities discovered the body of the Indore-based businessman inside a deep gorge below the Weisawdong Parking Lot at Riat Arliang. Police also recovered a machete suspected to have been used to murder him from near the spot. The search was on for his missing wife.
On Saturday, a tourist guide in Meghalaya had claimed that he had seen the couple with three men on the day they went missing. According to the guide at Mawlakhiat, five of them were climbing over 3,000 steps from Nongriat to Mawlakhiat around 10 am on May 23. He said he recognised the couple as he had offered his services to them on May 22 to climb down to Nongriat, but they had politely refused and hired another guide.
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