The Shillong Police has reached the Visadong Falls of Sohra to recruit the Shillong Police Crime Scene in the sensational king Raghuvanshi murder case of Meghalaya. The police have surrounded the site of the crime scene and the media is forbidden to go around. The forensic team is also present on the spot, but the police team has not reached the spot with all the accused including Sonam Raghuvanshi.
The team of ‘Aaj Tak’ also reached the place where the king was killed and his body was thrown into the ditch. During this time, Sonam’s burqa plot and twice a conspiracy was revealed.
The police had revealed the murder case by holding a press conference in this case. According to the police, the attempt to kill the king at two places in Guwahati and Cherrapunji failed and the fourth place was successful in Visadong. Sonam herself had provoked the murderers to kill her husband Raj and said to kill it. Not only this, the corpse was threw in the ditch together of the murderers.
Shillong SP Vivek Syem opened raw blog
Shillong SP Vivek Syem made revelations in the press conference after interrogation of the five accused including Sonam, Raj Kushwaha in the first day police custody:
– Raj Kushwaha is the mastermind of King Raghuvanshi murder and Sonam was his partner.
– All the accused have confessed their crime.
– 11 days before Sonam’s marriage, Raj hatched a conspiracy to murder.
– Three other accused (Akash Rajput, Vishal Singh Chauhan, Anand Kurmi) are Raj’s friends, one of which is his cousin. No betel nut was given, joined the murder in friendship.
In February 2025, Sonam and Raj hatched two conspiracies:
– First, Sonam’s sudden disappearance and pretense of flowing in the river
Secondly, the drama of killing Sonam by killing another woman by killing another woman. These conspiracies failed, after which Sonam and Raja got married.
On May 19, the three accused reached Guwahati, where there was a plan to kill the king, but it failed. Then Sonam made a plan to go to Sohra.
After meeting Nongriyat on May 23, he was killed by the three accused in the parking lot of Weisadong Falls, when Raja went to the toilet. Sonam was on the spot and helped to throw the corpse in the ditch. All this happened between 2:00 to 2:18 pm.
– Sonam gave blood stained raincoat to the sky. After the murder, the accused left from there riding on two scooties. Sonam drove a scooty herself.
– Akash threw the raincoat at AV point. After this, Sonam reached Guwahati wearing a burqa from a taxi. Raj Kushwaha provided a burqa to Sonam through Vishal.
– Sonam reached Indore from Guwahati via Siliguri, then Patna, Ara, Lucknow and stayed there till 8 June.
– A tour guide informed about the three suspects with Sonam and Raja, after which Raj came to know that the police had identified three people. He asked Sonam to go to Siliguri and pretend to be kidnapping.
On June 8, after the arrest of an accused, Raj got nervous and asked Sonam to pretend to be suffering from kidnapping. After this, Sonam surrendered in Ghazipur on 9 June.
– It was not betel nut killing. Raj gave Rs 59,000 for spending. No major financial transactions were found.
– The purpose of murder was love affair and family pressure. Raj was the mastermind, and Sonam supported him.
– Three places (Guwahati, Nongriyat, Mavalkiyat) attempt to murder failed. The fourth place was murdered in Weisadong.
– Police have blood -stained raincoats, weapons, CCTV footage, and digital evidence. The charge sheet will be filed in 90 days.
– Sonam married the king under family pressure. It is not clear whether his family knew about his affair with Raj.
– Sonam’s plan was that he came to the fore as a kidnapping victim and the king’s body should not be recognized by rotting.
– The accused have eight days remand, and more remand will be taken if needed.
– Police will now take the accused to the crime scene and recreate the incident so that all the links of the conspiracy can be added.