Honeymoon to Homicide: Sonam’s Secret Journey After the Murder

National News: Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in Raja Raghuvanshi's murder, was brought to Shillong by the police on transit remand late Tuesday night. She was brought to Sadar police station at around 1.30 am, from where she was taken to Ganesh Das Hospital for medical examination. After completing the initial investigation, the police will now escort her to the crime spot to recreate the entire sequence of events.

Disclosure from honeymoon to murder: Met the lover

During the initial interrogation, Sonam confessed that two days after the murder, she traveled to Indore via Siliguri and stayed in a rented accommodation in the Dewas Naka area. Here she met her lover, Raj Kushwaha. She told Raj the entire incident and shared her next plan. Raj sent her to Ghazipur in a taxi.

When Raj and Sonam came face-to-face on video call

When Shillong police did not recover Vishal alias Vicky's phone, the suspicion deepened. When Raj was asked, he said, "The phone is with Sonam." Meanwhile, the DSP contacted Sonam through video call and asked, "Is this true?" Sonam denied it at first, but when confronted, she admitted that she had met Raj in Indore.

Post-murder activities: Lover helped in escaping

Raja was murdered on 23 May, and Sonam reached Indore on 25 May. She stayed there till 27 May. During this time, she not only hid her presence but also plotted the entire escape script. The one who sent Sonam to Ghazipur was none other than her lover, Raj.

11 days of relationship, contract killing, and a dangerous conspiracy

Sonam got married on 11 May, on 20 May she reached Shillong with her husband, and on 23 May she got him killed. Police investigation has revealed that Sonam had already contacted three contract killers. Raj Kushwaha helped financially and logistically in this entire plan. Now the police are identifying all the people involved in this conspiracy and taking action.