Honeymoon Murder: Sonam Told Raja They Need To Visit Kamakhya Temple Before Consummating Marriage

Raja Raghuvanshi and Sonam got married on May 11 and went on a honeymoon trip to Meghalaya. However, they went missing on May 23. Later, on June 2, Raja’s body was found in a deep gorge near a waterfall in Sohra area (also known as Cherrapunji) of East Khasi Hills district. Sonam, who was initially reported missing in Meghalaya, surfaced in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur on Sunday night where she surrendered and was then arrested.

Honeymoon Murder:Sonam allegedly told Raja that she would let him consummate the marriage after offering prayers at Kamakhya Temple and accordingly, Raja planned their trip to Guwahati and adjacent Meghalaya for the honeymoon. “Sonam convinced her husband Raja that they need to make offerings at the Kamakhya Devi Temple before consummating the marriage,” a police officer who is a part of the investigation told PTI

The investigator told the news agency that Sonam and her alleged boyfriend had plotted to kill Raja Raghuvanshi in the jungles of the northeastern state, considering its perceived remoteness.

“Sonam coerced her husband to take her to the deep jungles of Nongriat with the belief that the hitmen she hired would have a better chance of killing him somewhere on the route, considering it is secluded. But, since there were too many tourists trekking to Nongriat on May 22 and May 23, they couldn’t kill him there,” the officer said. “They finally killed him near Weisawdong Falls, and dumped his body into the deep gorge,” he said.

Honeymoon Murder:Sonam was in touch with her boyfriend Raj throughout the day of the murder, while Raj coordinated with the three contract killers, East Khasi Hills SP Vivek Syiems said.

Sonam, her alleged boyfriend Raj and the three suspected contract killers — Vishal Singh Chauhan, Akash Rajput, and Anand Kurmi — were produced before a court in Shillong. They have been remanded to 8-day police custody.