Raja Raghuvanshi murder: Meghalaya cops question acquaintances of Sonam, her lover
Meghalaya police
team probing the murder of Indore businessman
Raja Raghuvanshi
on Thursday questioned a few acquaintances of main accused
Sonam Raghuvanshi
and her alleged lover
Raj Kushwaha
.
They also questioned a taxi driver who is suspected to have taken Sonam to
Uttar Pradesh
from Indore in the aftermath of the murder.
Raja Raghuvanshi, who married Sonam on May 11, went missing on May 23 during their honeymoon in Meghalaya. His mutilated body was found in a deep gorge near a waterfall in Sohra area (also known as Cherrapunji) of East Khasi Hills district on June 2.
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According to police, Sonam was having an affair with Kushwaha who worked in her family's business of Sunmica sheets.
Her brother Govind Raghuvanshi was seen on Thursday outside the office of the Crime Prevention Branch of the local police where the special investigation team of Meghalaya Police carried out questioning.
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He was called to the office but was not questioned, he told reporters.
Police recorded the statements of some people working in his family's business and a few associates of Kushwaha, Govind said.
The SIT also recorded the statement of a taxi driver who allegedly took Sonam from Indore to Uttar Pradesh. According to police, after her husband's murder, Sonam returned to Indore and hid in a rented flat for a few days.
She surrendered before police in Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh on June 8.
Police have so far arrested Sonam, Raj Kushwaha and Kushwaha's friends Vishal Chauhan, Akash Rajput and Anand Kurmi in the case.
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