Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime conspirator within the homicide of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi, remained decided to undergo with the killing – even when her alleged accomplices backed out on the final second, based on Raj Khushwaha, one other accused now in police custody. Raj Khushwaha’s assertion provides a chilling new layer to Sonam’s picture – a bride seen smiling in her marriage ceremony images, all whereas allegedly cooking up a homicide plot in secret.
Whereas the interrogation of the 4 accused within the Raja Raghuvanshi homicide case continues, cops have uncovered terrifying new claims which have began to floor.
Police have arrested Sonam’s alleged boyfriend Raj Kushwaha and three contract killers Vishal Chauhan, Akash Rajput and Anand Kurmi in reference to the Raja Raghuvanshi homicide case. Sonam Raghuvanshi, too, was detained from Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh and stored at Shillong Sadar Police Station in Meghalaya.
‘Accused backed out, Sonam insisted on killing Raja’
A senior police officer who’s working with the Meghalaya Police within the Indore honeymooners’ case informed Hindustan Occasions that throughout the interrogation, Raj Khushwaha – additionally allegedly Sonam’s boyfriend – claimed he didn’t need to be a part of the homicide plot and even urged the opposite three accused to again out however, “Sonam insisted”.
“Raj Kushwaha claims he didn’t need to assist Sonam and on the final second, cancelled his plan to go to Meghalaya. He additionally allegedly requested the three others to not go, however they went to see Meghalaya after Sonam booked the tickets,” a senior police officer mentioned. He revealed that the three accused – Vishal Chauhan, Akash Rajput and Anand Kurmi – refused to homicide Raja Raghuvanshi on the ultimate days of the plot however Sonam “insisted” on it, promising ₹15 lakh to them.
“Even on the final second, the three refused to kill, however Sonam insisted and mentioned she would give ₹15 lakh for that. Police are verifying these claims,” the cop from Indore mentioned.
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After the homicide, Sonam Raghuvanshi paid ₹20 lakh to the three, a Meghalaya Police officer mentioned. She had additionally given ₹15,000 to the contract killers that she had taken from her husband’s pockets throughout the crime.
Actually, Sonam Raghuvanshi, who was initially reported lacking in Meghalaya, apparently visited Indore after her husband was murdered and stayed in a rented flat for 3 days, a police official mentioned.
“We’ve got obtained the knowledge that Sonam got here to Indore and stayed in a rented flat in Dewas Naka space between Could 25 and 27,” the official mentioned.
From marriage ceremony to homicide – The way it occurred?
After their marriage ceremony on Could 11 in Indore, Raja and Sonam travelled to Meghalaya for honeymoon. They disappeared on Could 23, hours after testing of a homestay at Nongriat village. They each had been thought-about “lacking”.
On June 2, Raja’s physique was present in a gorge. Police additionally recovered a bloodstained machete (dao), which they consider was utilized in Raja’s homicide.
A raincoat additionally believed to belong to the couple, was recovered from Mawkma village, a couple of kilometres away from the gorge the place Raja’s physique was discovered. Raja’s post-mortem report revealed that he was hit twice on the top with a pointy object.
On Monday, June 9, Sonam Raghuvanshi was picked up from a dhaba in Ghazipur. In police custody, Sonam claimed that she was drugged and did not keep in mind how she reached Ghazipur.
