NEW DELHI: Meghalaya Police on Monday provided key details regarding the honeymoon murder case. They said that Sonam’s name “suddenly surfaced” after “Raj Kushwaha and others were caught” referring to her surrender in Ghazipur days after her disappearance from Meghalaya. “Once the team reaches there, they will arrest her and take transit remand… Yes, it appears so (Sonam had a boyfriend)… Two teams of Meghalaya Police are there in MP and one team is going to UP to arrest Sonam… It is a fact that she called up her relatives but all this happened after the raids were conducted… If you look at it logically, all these days she hadn’t come out, but last night when Raj Kushwaha and others were caught, suddenly she surfaced. That speaks for itself,” Vivek Syiem, Superintendent of Police, East Khasi Hills said.Clearing the air about whether Sonam Raghuvanshi was “arrested” by the UP Police, the Meghalaya Police informed that Sonam “voluntarily surrendered”.“In a further development, Smt Sonam Raghuvanshi has voluntarily surrendered at the Nandganj Police Station in Ghazipur district, Uttar Pradesh, and is currently in the safe custody of the Uttar Pradesh Police. Necessary legal protocols are being followed for her transit and formal statement,” the state police department said in a statement.The same was also confirmed the deputy CM Prestone Tynsong also confirmed the same while speaking to the reporters. The police further informed that three individuals had been arrested in the case- two from Madhya Pradesh and one from Uttar Pradesh.“Following sustained investigative efforts and multi-state coordination, three individuals have been apprehended in connection with this case-two from Indore (Madhya Pradesh) and one from Lalitpur (Uttar Pradesh). These arrests mark a decisive development in unravelling the circumstances surrounding the tragic death of Shri Raja Raghuvanshi and the subsequent disappearance of his wife, Smt. Sonam Raghuvanshi,” it said.
What Ghazipur SP said?
Ghazipur Superintendent of Police (SP) Neeraj Raja said that Sonam was currently at “one stop centre” in UP. “In the morning, we (Ghazipur Police) received information from Madhya Pradesh Police that a woman named Sonam Raghuvanshi is at Kashi Dhabha on Varansi-Gorakhpur highway… Immediate action was taken, and Sonam was taken to the District hospital for first aid, from where she was taken to the One Stop Centre, and currently, she is there,” he said.“We have received some details and are in constant contact with Meghalaya and MP Police. Their team will arrive here and carry forward the investigation regarding Sonam’s case,” he added.Sonam Raghuvanshi, wife of the late Raja Raghuvanshi, was located near a roadside dhaba on the Varanasi-Ghazipur highway, a senior Uttar Pradesh police official said on Monday. The couple, both from Indore in Madhya Pradesh, had gone missing during their honeymoon in Meghalaya, where Raja’s body was later discovered.
