Meghalaya murder: Accused wife produced in Ghazipur court for transit remand
The Hindu
Indore woman accused of husband's murder on honeymoon surrenders in UP, another man arrested in Lalitpur.
An Indore-based woman accused of hiring men to get her husband killed while on honeymoon in Meghalaya surrendered before Uttar Pradesh Police in Ghazipur on Monday (June 9, 2025), while another accused man was arrested from Lalitpur district, police said.
Sonam Raghuvanshi (24), who has been accused of orchestrating the murder of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi, was produced before a local court in Ghazipur on Monday night for transit remand permission, following which she was expected to be taken into custody by a Meghalaya Police team that reached here in the evening.
The court proceedings continued till late in the night.
Earlier in the day, Meghalaya DGP I. Nongrang said Raja Raghuvanshi, an Indore-based transport businessman whose body was found a week back in Meghalaya, was allegedly killed by men hired by his wife Ms. Sonam.
Apart from Ms. Sonam, police have arrested three men— Akash Rajput from Lalitpur and two others from Indore— in connection with the case.
A total of five persons have been arrested in the case so far.
Meanwhile, one of the persons arrested had taken people to the latter’s funeral here, an eyewitness said on Monday.
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