Thursday 12 / June / 2025
New Delhi: The Indian police has claimed that a woman has murdered her husband during their honeymoon period.
According to reports, the wife, Sonam Raghuvanshi hired four hitmen to kill her husband Raja Raghuvanshi, 30, during a vacation to Meghalaya, a small state in northeastern India.
Four men including Sonam’s lover, Raj Kushwaha have been arrested in connection with the crime.
Sonam had apparently paid Rs 20 lakhs (OMR 8,000) to execute the plan.
Sonam Raghuvanshi, the wife of the victim, along with four others, including Akash Rajput, Vishal Singh Chauhan, Raj Singh Kushwaha and Anand, are accused of murdering Raja Raghuvanshi, who recently got married and went on a honeymoon to Meghalaya.
Raja's body was found on June 2 in a gorge at Sohra near Cherrapunji in Meghalaya. Sonam Raghuvanshi was later found near a dhaba(small road side hotel) on the Varanasi-Ghazipur main road.
Raja Raghuvanshi and his wife, Sonam, both residents of Madhya Pradesh's Indore, had gone missing during their honeymoon in the northeastern state of Meghalaya.
Raja Raghuvanshi's body was later recovered in Meghalaya.
Mother of Raja Raghuvanshi, Uma Raghuvanshi, on Wednesday said that Sonam's brother told her that his sister should be hanged.
Speaking to the media after meeting with Sonam's brother, Govind, Mother of Raja Raghuvanshi said, "Govind told me that Sonam should be hanged. He is pained for Raja, not Sonam...Govind is not at fault."
"I asked Govind if he had met Sonam. He said that he met her for three minutes. I asked him why he did not hit her? He said that he did not get a chance as there was media and Police..." she added.
Additionally, Raja Raghuvanshi's brother, Vipin Raghuvanshi said, "Govind (Sonam Raghuvanshi's brother) was in touch with me. He told me that he will be coming to my house and he wants to confess that his sister made a mistake. He wanted to say that his sister should be hanged for the mistake she made..."
Govind, who met with the family of Raja Raghuvanshi, said that he is "100 per cent" sure that his sister committed the murder.
"According to the evidence found so far, I am 100% sure that she has committed this murder. All the accused in this case are related to Raj Kushwaha. We have broken our ties with Sonam Raghuvanshi. I apologise to Raja's family," Govind said.
With inputs from ANI
