Honeymoon murder: Meghalaya police visits Sonam Raghuvanshi's maternal house, questions kin

A team of Meghalaya police probing the murder of Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi on Wednesday visited the maternal house of his wife and prime-accused Sonam Raghuvanshi.

As per eyewitnesses, the police was at Sonam's house for around two hours and questioned her family members.

The investigation team arrived at Sonam's maternal house in Govind Nagar Kharcha area of the city. After the police personnel entered the house, its door was shut from inside so that nobody else gained access, eyewitnesses said.

Immediately after the police team left the place, her brother Govind boarded a car and left the spot. Talking to reporters without providing any details, Govind said the Meghalaya police made "general inquiries" from him and his family members about Sonam's behaviour.

Asked about reports of Sonam having long conversations with someone named Sanjay Verma on the phone before the Raja Raghuvanshi murder case, Govind said he had no information about this.

Earlier, Raja Raghuvanshi's family demanded that all the members of Sonam's family should undergo narco test to bring out the complete truth of the murder. On this demand, Govind asserted that he has "not committed any sin", but he is ready to undergo all kinds of investigation if anyone has doubts.

The Meghalaya police visited Raja Raghuvanshi's house in Sahakar Nagar on Tuesday night and recorded the statements of his family members. On the same day, Meghalaya police had also recreated the crime scene at Wei Sawdong Falls near Sohra, a popular tourist site, where was killed during his honeymoon on May 23.

The accused, Raja's wife Sonam, her boyfriend Raj Kushwaha and his three friends, Akash Rajput, Vishal Singh Chauhan and Anand Kurmi were taken to the crime scene as part of investigation into the crime. All five are under arrest for their alleged involvement in the murder case.

(With PTI inputs)