All five accused in the sensational Honeymoon Murder case, including one of the key suspects, Sonam Raghuvanshi, were sent to eight days of police custody by a local court in Shillong.
East Khasi Hills Additional Superintendent of Police Ashish A said, “On presentation in the court today, they’ve been remanded back for eight days of custody. See crime scene. Crime scene recreation is a necessary step but not essential, so in due course of investigation if we find it is necessary for us to do which eventually will come up we cannot pinpoint a particular day or date when we will do that, during the course of investigation if we find there are certain ground wherein we need to recreate the scene we will go and do that.”
Asked about the next course of action, he said, “So the primary steps would be to first talk to these arrested accused so that we can understand the larger conspiracy at play, how they things fell into places and how these actions were created. We have certain idea as to what happened and how it happened. Now, we’ll go back and talk to them and to figure out and to clearly establish their contribution to the crime.”
“We have not had the ample opportunity to interrogate them to ask them certain questions that we have. But now that we have the remand, we will definitely start on that starting tomorrow,” he added.
Asked if the parents and the family of both Raja Raghuvanshi and Sonam Raghuvanshi will be called, he said, “In due course of investigation, if we find anybody is a person of interest, we will definitely summon and if need be call them here, so that we can take down the statements. That being said, investigation is still ongoing. And a lot of things make proper. So we’ll have to see what all comes in new course of time.”
All the five accused in the sensational Honeymoon Murder case, including one of the key suspects, Sonam Raghuvanshi, were produced before the District and Sessions Court in Shillong this evening under tight security.
The special investigation team of Meghalaya Police, after a series of coordinated efforts, brought Sonam Raghuvanshi to Shillong around midnight. She is accused of orchestrating the murder of her husband, Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi, during their honeymoon in Sohra.
The four other accused — Raj Kushwaha, Akash Rajput, Vishal Singh Chauhan, and Anand Kurmi — were also brought to Shillong on transit remand earlier on Wednesday. As the convoy carrying the accused arrived at the court premises, a heavy police presence was in place to control the swelling crowd of onlookers and media personnel eager to catch a glimpse of the high-profile case.
