Wife Main accused in murder of a person from Indore in Meghalaya

Meghalaya police said Sonam Raghuvanshi, who surrendered at a police station in Uttar Pradesh on the morning of Monday (June 9, 2025), is the most important accused in the murder of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi. The newly married few Indore, Madhya Pradesh, disappeared from a village near Sohra (Cherrapunji) in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya on May 23, two days ago. He went to Sohra in a two -wheeler hired to the state’s capital Shillong. On May 24, a two -wheeler was found in an unclaimed state at a cafe along the road, and on June 2, Raghuvanshi’s mutilated body of 200 feet was restored. Superintendent of the Police (SP) Vivek Sim, East Khasi Hills, told reporters at Shillong that Ms. Sonam surrendered at the Nandganj police station in the Ghazipur district Uttar Pradesh in connection with the Sohra murder case. He said Meghalaya police coordinated with the peers of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh and arrested four accused between Sunday (June 8, 2025), Monday (9 June 2025) between 22:00 to 12 hours. Out of these four, Vishal Singh Chauhan, 22, Raj Singh Kushwaha, 21, and Anand Kurmi, 23, were arrested from Madhya Pradesh, while Akash Rajput, 19, was arrested from Lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh. Another unknown person was detained. Ghazipur SP Iraj Raja said that based on information received from Madhya Pradesh police, Ms. Sonam was detained near a Dhaba. He said: “Due to the case associated with Meghalaya police, he was held in a one-stop center. We are waiting for Meghalaya police team to arrest him.” In the reports received from Madhya Pradesh, the additional police commissioner AMIT Singh was quoted that Raghuvanshi’s murder was planned on May 16, that is, five days after her marriage to me. Sonam. He also informed that people accused of killing Raghuvanshi pursued the couple to Meghalaya based on the GPS location provided by Ms. Sonam was called. Mr. Sim said the murder took place on May 23, after which the accused left Meghalaya. “According to the report on the Mortem report, the victim had two cut marks on her head,” he said. Share this story -tags