Sonam Raghuvanshi, accused of murdering her husband Raja, is being transported to Meghalaya for investigation. The police plan to reconstruct the crime scene with all the accused. Seven people have been arrested.
Sonam Raghuvanshi, the wife of Raja Rajvanshi and his alleged killer, is being taken from Uttar Pradesh to Meghalaya today for further investigations by the state police. She is currently in Kolkata and is expected to reach Shillong by midnight and the other accused - including Sonam's alleged boyfriend Raj Kushwaha -- by tomorrow morning.
Sources said once the accused arrive, the police is planning a reconstruction of the crime. After initial interrogation, all the accused will be taken to the crime scene in Sohra for a detailed reconstruction of the sequence of events leading to the murder, police sources added.
Besides Raj Kushwaha, the police have arrested and Anand Kurmi, Akash Rajput, 19, from Lalitpur and Vishal Singh Chauhan, 22, from Indore.
The questioning of Sonam, 24, is critical. Her in-laws have made it clear that they are having trouble believing the police version --- that she had murdered her husband in connivance with her boyfriend Raj Kushwaha.
Seven people have been arrested in the case - including Sonam's boyfriend and the three alleged killers.
Sonam was arrested early on Monday in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, where she had sought the help of the owner of a roadside eatery to get in touch with her family. She claimed her husband was killed by men who were trying to rob them and she was drugged and brought to Uttar Pradesh.
The police, though, say they have pieced together the back story of the murder, including details about the couple changing their honeymoon destination from Assam to Meghalaya and the actual murder of May 23, when the hitmen had met the couple during their walk and Sonam had ordered them to kill her husband when they reached an isolated spot.
Raja Raghuvanshi's body was found in a gorge days after the couple had gone missing. The machete injuries on his body turned it into a murder investigation.
The police said that it was Raj who had hired the hitmen, who were his friends. He did not go to Meghalaya though.
After the murder, Sonam made her way to Guwahati and took a train to Indore. There she met Raj. They later arranged a car that took her to Uttar Pradesh, sources have said.
