Investigators have recovered jewelry, a laptop, a pen drive, and other incriminating documents as part of their probe into the Meghalaya honeymoon murder of Raja Raghuvanshi.
Police superintendent Vivek Syiem said the jewelry belongs to Sonam, 25, who arrested for allegedly murdering her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi. The recoveries recovered from the flat of the arrested co-accused, Silome James, in Madhya Pradesh’s Ratlam. “Raja had wear one gold chain. We gets it identified many of the recovered systems,” said Syiem.
Investigators Recovered Items related to Meghalaya honeymoon murder case
Police have said Sonam allegedly conspired along with her boyfriend, Raj Kushwaha, and hired three men to kill her businessman husband all through their honeymoon around a fortnight after their wedding ceremony.
On Thursday, the alleged assassins, Akash Rajput and Anand Kurmi produced before a Shillong court room to record their statements but refused to talk before the Justice of the Peace.
Herbert Kharkongor, who heads the Special Investigation Team probing the case, said the two accused did not want to make any statement, and it is their prerogative. “But we have adequate material proof. We also are awaiting the FSL file, so as to give a boost to the case. It is their right not to make a confessional declaration. But proof is vital. There isn’t any problem. We have enough proof in the case.”
Sonam Planned Murder with Raj Kushwaha
Police have said Sonam and Kushwaha have confessed to having been in a relationship and to planned Meghalaya honeymoon murder. They accept as true the objection of Sonam’s family to their relationship and arranging her marriage with Raghuvanshi, which led to the homicide.
The decomposed body of Raghuvanshi, 29 recovered from a gorge per week after the couple went missing from a homestay in Meghalaya. Sonam traced to a roadside restaurant in Ghazipur, more than 1,200km away, and arrested for her husband’s homicide.
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