Honeymoon Murder: 'Killer' wife Sonam Raghuvanshi surrenders, 'lover' arrested, what we know about Meghalaya case
Honeymoon Murder: 'Killer' wife Sonam Raghuvanshi surrenders, 'lover' arrested, what we know about Meghalaya case | Timeline
Meghalaya Honeymoon Murder: The romantic honeymoon visit of a newlywed Indori couple took a dangerous turn in Shillong. 16 days of rigorous search and a plethora of unanswered questions have finally come to a chilling, dramatic end that has shocked everyone. The wife, Sonam Raghuvanshi, in the wee hours of Monday, reached a police station in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur and surrendered herself.
The Meghalaya Police, who was investigating the case, announced that Sonam Raghuvanshi, who had gone missing in Shillong since May 23 surrendered in UP, almost 7 days after her husband Raja Raghuvanshi's decomposed body was found inside a gorge in the Cherrapunji area.
During their honeymoon, Sonam allegedly hired someone to kill Raja Raghuvanshi. A senior Meghalaya police official told the media that this action was linked to Sonam's suspected affair with a man named – Raj Kushwaha.
Here is the timeline of what we know so far about the chilling case:
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NDTV
5 hours ago
- NDTV
"Operation Honeymoon" Spreads Beyond Meghalaya Border, Focus On Guwahati
Guwahati: The operation -- code named Operation Honeymoon -- to unearth the missing links of the horrific "Honeymoon murder" continues with the Meghalaya police likely to raid more areas outside the state where the digital footprints of the accused are to be found. Sources in the Special Investigation Team said the idea is to find missing links in this case. Today, Meghalaya police with help of colleagues in Assam, raided a lodge in Pan Bazar locality of Guwahati, where the three alleged contract killers had stayed for a night while on their way to Shillong to kill Raja Raghuvanshi. According to Guwahati police sources, the three suspects had arrived at Ananda Lodge of Pan Bazar around 8.30 pm on May 19. The Meghalaya police searched the room they stayed in and recorded the statements of the lodge manager and staff who claimed the behaviour of the three was like any other boarders and they did not find anything suspicious. The men had supplied their Aadhar card as identity record at the lodge, police sources added. The men claimed they were students from Indore and were visiting Assam and other parts of northeast. They checked out early on next day - around 5:30 am, sources said. Meghalaya SIT feels that on May 20, the men had tailed the couple at Guwahati's Kamakhya Temple. The SIT had also found out that the men had bought the murder weapon- a new machete - from a flea market in Guwahati, like Fancy Bazar or Paltan Bazar area, not far from the lodge they stayed. Guwahati police sources added that the Meghalaya SIT is also analyzing CCTV footage of certain areas of the city where they found digital footprints of the accused. Search is on for the vendor from whom the machete was purchased.
India Today
6 hours ago
- India Today
Murder, matrimony, and melodrama: A honeymoon in Meghalaya ends in horror
A tragic murder takes place in Meghalaya while a young couple from Madhya Pradesh is on their honeymoon. The girl goes missing, and they find the mutilated body of her husband. We come to know there is a lover who could have collaborated with the wife. Scary. The sister of the poor guy is an Instagram influencer who's asking for justice for her brother with melodramatic music, while also promoting massage salons. Meghalaya Police claims to have solved the case in 17 days. No, this is not the teaser for the third season of Pataal later came to know they got married on the same day India was bombing strategic air bases in Pakistan. It goes to show how much mainland Indians underestimate the capabilities of the Pakistani armed forces. No kamikaze drones. No ballistic missiles. Only a wiry guy with a mic in hand, atop a carriage, belted out 'Aaj mere yaar ki shaadi hai,' causing mass destruction to the eardrums in a 100m blast radius. The astrologer has given the auspicious date; there is no postponing. World War III could they went on with their celebrations, not sharing the same urgency as Mr. Trump, who saved the baraat from a 'major catastrophe.' 'They never give me enough credit,' Trump says, rightly so, like the foofa ji at the same wedding. What's most interesting is how quickly this took over pop culture. It even stamped over the Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) news cycle. Murders are commonplace, especially post-familial discord. Just pick up any regional newspaper and turn to page 4; you'll find material worth four seasons of crime dramas. So what's different here?advertisementFor starters, it fits in well with the recent wave of men's rights advocacy. The advocates feel vindicated. It bolsters the case where they claim it's the norm rather than an outlier, where men are routinely harassed in cases of alimony abuse and divorce blackmail. It was reignited by Johnny Depp and locally taken forward by the sad end of Atul Subhash. Above all, it's a man bites dog story. Parle-G-fed dogs biting men are common, but the real journalistic story comes out when a man bites a dog. This is that there is enough online footage to go through. The sister of the deceased, who's an Instagram influencer, has shared a lot of content on her page, where OSINT individuals, who till yesterday were looking for the exact spot where we hit the Kirana Hills, are now combing through wedding videos to see signs of evil on the face of the chief accused as she was taking pheras. There are enough free man-hours in India, where people willingly lend their sleuthing skills to subsequent news cycles. The author of this column is no exception. After consuming that financial independence snake oil, he now devotes time to dissecting such stuff via long write-ups. The one who's read this and made it this far is also a willing collaborator. So we're even. Ha!advertisementThe image that haunts me is the one where the mother of the murdered guy is pleading with the media to let her go, as they hound her with their microphones, like vultures poking with their sharp beaks. I know people are doing their job, but someone at the top, the media bosses, should instruct them to take a step back. Thanks.(Abhishek Asthana is the founder of a creative agency – GingerMonkey. He tweets as @GabbbarSingh)(Views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author)Tune InMust Watch
Time of India
6 hours ago
- Time of India
'Without sanskar, children become like Sonam': Kailash Vijayvargiya's take on Meghalaya murder case; says Indore 'shamed' because of her
Kailash Vijayvargiya (File photo) NEW DELHI: Madhya Pradesh minister Kailash Vijayvargiya on Wednesday emphasised the importance of imparting sanskar (values) to ensure that children "don't become like Sonam", the prime accused in the Meghalaya honeymoon murder case. "It is good to educate children, but it is equally important to instil values. Without 'sanskar', children become like Sonam. This daughter has brought shame to Indore," news agency PTI quoted Vijayvargiya as saying. He was speaking at inauguration event for various development projects in Indore. Further, the BJP leader said that educated kids who are not cultured, "live like animals, leading a bestial life." "She told me that if a woman lacks remorse, affection, and love, she becomes like Putana — the demoness who tried to kill Lord Krishna," Vijayvargiya added, referring to Sadhvi Kankeshwari Devi, a Hindu seer. The senior MLA's remark comes days after he expressed his dislike for "women in revealing clothes." Sonam Raghuvanshi is accused of plotting the murder of her husband, Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi, while the newly-married couple was honeymooning in the north-eastern Meghalaya state. Five people have been arrested, including Sonam and three assailants. All are currently in the custody of Meghalaya Police.
