Meghalaya honeymoon case: Raja’s autopsy report reveals two head injuries; killers used sharp cutting weapon | India News

NEW DELHI: The autopsy report of Raja Raghuvanshi — who was hacked to death during his honeymoon in Meghalaya — revealed that he sustained head injuries with a sharp cutting weapon.“Post mortem saying two head injuries with a sharp cutting weapon,” Meghalaya Special Investigation Team chief Herbert Pyniaid Kharkongor said.This comes after Raja’s wife Sonam, along with three conspirators, were arrested from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh. All three have confessed to being hired by Sonam to kill her husband Raja.Vishal Chauhan, Raj Kushwaha, and Akash Rajput have been arrested in the case, while the Meghalaya Police is on its way to formally arrest Sonam, wife of Raja Raghuvanshi, from Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur.Speaking with ANI, SIT Chief and SP (City), East Khasi Hills, Kharkongor also mentioned that their team is about to reach Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh, where they will arrest Sonam, who surrendered to the UP police earlier today.“First challenge was the terrain and then weather, but eventually we took up the challenge and discovered the body of Raja, registered the murder case and initiated the investigation. Four persons have been arrested and will be produced before the respective courts. We will get their transit remand to bring them to Shillong. Our team is about to reach Ghazipur and will formally arrest Sonam and take her transit remand,” he said.“We formed the SIT with capable officers in the case. Last night, we sent two teams, one to Uttar Pradesh and the other to Madhya Pradesh. Patterns are saying that the Raja and Sonam did not have good contact, but that is a subject of investigation,” the SIT Chief said.The crime came to light after the couple — who had recently married — went missing on May 23 during their honeymoon in Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya. They were last seen checking out of a homestay in Nongriat.Their rented scooter was later found abandoned near Sohrarim. Ten days later, Raja’s body was discovered in a deep gorge near the Weisawdong Falls in East Khasi Hills.A machete, suspected to be the murder weapon, was also recovered nearby. Sonam had remained untraceable until Monday. Adding to the intrigue, a local tourist guide claimed to have seen the couple with three men on May 23 while they were trekking up from Nongriat. He said he had earlier offered his services to the couple, but they had hired another guide. Police say the probe is still underway, and further arrests are likely.Meanwhile, Sonam was arrested around 3a.m on Monday after she called her family to reveal her location at a roadside eatery. Her family alerted Indore Police, who coordinated with Uttar Pradesh authorities. Ghazipur police took her for a medical examination before sending her to a One-Stop Centre.“She will be handed over to Meghalaya Police, who are leading the investigation. UP Police have not interrogated her yet,” said ADG (Law and Order) Amitabh Yash.The case came to light after the couple, recently married, went missing on May 23 during their honeymoon in Cherrapunjee, Meghalaya. They were last seen checking out of a homestay in Nongriat.Their rented scooter was later found abandoned near Sohrarim.Ten days later, Raja’s body was found in a deep gorge near Weisawdong Falls in East Khasi Hills. A machete, believed to be the murder weapon, was recovered nearby.