Indore, Jun 18: A team of Meghalaya police probing the murder of Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi on Wednesday visited the maternal house of Sonam Raghuvanshi, the victim’s wife and prime accused in the case, 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.
The Meghalaya police team was at Sonam’s house for around two hours, they 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.
On the 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.
Raja Raghuvanshi’s family has 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 said 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.
Raja’s elder brother Vipin Raghuvanshi said, “A three-member team of the Meghalaya police was at our house for about half an hour. They asked us questions about Sonam’s behaviour. We were also asked how many days Sonam stayed at our house after marriage?”
Raja’s wife Sonam, her alleged lover Raj Kushwah (20) and three of Kushwah’s friends – Vishal Chauhan, Akash Rajput and Anand Kurmi – have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the murder of Raja Raghuvanshi, during his honeymoon trip to Meghalaya.
Raghuvanshi went missing on May 23 and his mutilated body was found on June 2 in a deep gorge near a waterfall in Sohra area (also known as Cherrapunji) of East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya.
Sonam surrendered before the police in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district late on June 8, while four accused, including Kushwah, were arrested from different areas of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
Raja Raghuvanshi’s family is involved in the transport business. He married Sonam on May 11 in Indore and they left for Meghalaya for their honeymoon on May 20.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Meghalaya Police is probing the murder case in detail.(PTI)
