SHILLONG, June 12, 2025: DIG Eastern Range, Davis R Marak, today confirmed that three scooties were used in the Sohra honeymoon murder case, with two hired by the contract killers from Shillong and one by the victim Raja Raghuvanshi and his wife, Sonam.
“We have got reports that they have hired scooties and this is been confirmed. Total three scooties were hired,” said Marak.
He revealed that Sonam had initially travelled part of the way with the killers before separating and heading to Guwahati and later Indore. “It appears half way till Mawkdok she went along the other accused persons, and from Mawkdok, the contract killers they went ahead and Sonam from there proceeded to Guwahati and then thereafter to Indore,” Marak added.
According to the police, the scooty used by Raja and Sonam was later found abandoned at Sohra Rim, raising suspicion over who left it behind. “Scooty was abandoned at Sohra rim, it must be either contract killers or Sonam herself because at that point of time there were three scooties and it appears they were together at that point of time and the scooty (in which Raja and Sonam travels) was abandoned at Sohra rim with the key of the scooty and thereafter Sonam got into one of the scooties with the killer.”
He also mentioned that the couple and the killers arrived in Sohra around the same time. “The couple and the killers, they arrived more or less during the same time.”
Police have since recovered the scooties used in the crime. “All the persons who are directly involve in the killing of Raja have been arrested. If there are any more accused persons that we will establish due the course of investigation,” DIG Marak said.
