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How Sonam Raghuvanshi escaped after husband Raja Raghuvanshi's chilling murder in Meghalaya 66i3c

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Jun 11, 2025 10:55 AM IST

Following Raja Raghuvanshi's murder on May 23, Sonam allegedly drove to Guwahati from Shillong and was back in Indore by May 27 by train, according to police. 582c5

Chilling details about how the killing of Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi was carried out and how his wife Sonam Raghuvanshi, who is allegedly the main conspirator of the murder, escaped from Meghalaya after the crime have emerged. 4or6k

Sonam Raghuvanshi allegedly stayed with Raj Kushwaha in Indore after the murder of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi, according to police.(Sourced)

The Meghalaya Police, which has so far arrested five accused in the case, along with the Indore Police, have managed to track down Sonam’s movements after the murder of her husband in Meghalaya on May 23.

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How Sonam, three killers escaped Meghalaya 2t1q18

On May 23, the day honeymooning couple Sonam and Raja went missing, the latter was allegedly murdered. After the incident, Sonam is said to have driven from Shillong to Guwahati and then returned to reported. The Indore Police said this information was shared by their counterparts in Meghalaya.

While in Indore, Sonam allegedly stayed with Kushwaha at a flat. According to Indore's additional deputy commissioner of police, crime branch, Rajesh Dandotiya, they received some inputs from Meghalaya Police and scanned several CCTV camera footage to identify where she stayed. "Raj Kushwaha picked her up by sending a cab. She reached a flat in Dewas Naka area and spent 24 hours there with Raj before leaving for his village in Fatehpur in Uttar Pradesh. We are going to seal the flat and trying to find out the owner,” he said.

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The three killers also allegedly went to Indore after the murder. They took a taxi from Sohra to Guwahati after killing Raja Raghuvanshi and then boarded a train to Indore, reported NDTV.

"Their coordinated but separate movement indicates that the logistics of the escape after the murder was also planned," NDTV quoted a source from the Meghalaya Police Special Investigation Team (SIT) as saying.

Raj Kushwaha says he didn’t want to Sonam q6z6u

In yet another revelation about the murder, Raj Kushwaha has claimed that he got cold feet at the last moment and did not want to Sonam in carrying out the murder. According to a senior police officer from Indore, who is working on the case along with Meghalaya police, the three killers also refused to kill him but did so after Sonam insisted.

“Raj Kushwaha claims he didn’t want to Sonam and at the last moment, cancelled his plan to go to Meghalaya. He also allegedly asked the three others not to go, but they went to see Meghalaya after Sonam booked the tickets. Even at the last moment, the three refused to kill, but Sonam insisted and said she would give 15 lakh for that. Police are ing these claims,” the police officer from Indore told HT.

With inputs from Shruti Tomar

 
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