Clear Picture: Meghalaya Police After Reconstruction Of Crime Scene In Raja Raghuvanshi Murder Case

The Meghalaya Police on Tuesday recreated the crime scene to ensure main points of the Raja Raghuvanshi homicide case. The police took suspects together with Raghuvanshi’s spouse to the web site for the reconstruction of the occasions. The Special Investigation Team of the Meghalaya Police reconstructed the crime scene as a part of their investigations within the presence of the accused Sonam Raghuvanshi and 3 others. 

Superintendent of Police, East Khasi Hills, Vivek Syiem stated that the reconstruction of the crime scene was once very a hit because the police ‘were given an excessively transparent image now’. The SP shared that yet another machete used to homicide Raja Raghuvanshi nonetheless must be recovered.

“The SIT today visited several places to re-play how the accused did it. We started from the parking lot where they had kept their two-wheelers…We went to the viewpoint, and ascertained who was standing where just before the murder. There were three blows – first by Vishal, second by Anand and the last blow by Akash. We have ascertained that one more machete still needs to be recovered. The accused replayed how they threw the machete. SDRF are trying to recover the second weapon,” he stated.

Speaking to the media, SP Vivek Syiem additionally knowledgeable that the Raja Raghuvashi telephone was once broken by way of Sonam Raghuvanshi after which by way of Vishal after the homicide. “We have ascertained what happened to Raja’s mobile phone. It was damaged by Sonam and then by Vishal. This whole thing was played out, and also their exit from here,” he stated.

“We have ascertained that the victim was hit with the weapon…The first hit was by Vishal aka Vicky…When Raja was hit and blood came out, Sonam moved away from the spot. The three accused threw the body down,” he added. Later, Speaking with ANI, Vivek Syiem, stated, “She (Sonam) has already confessed to the crime… Today we recreated the crime scene, where she stood, what her role was, everything has come out today… The three people killed Raja, and Sonam was standing there. She destroyed the phone. It was all pre-planned… All three of them dumped his body.”

The Meghalaya Police arrested 5 folks in reference to the homicide of Raja Raghuvanshi, a newlywed who had come to the state on his honeymoon. Those arrested come with his spouse, Sonam Raghuvanshi, and 4 others: Akash Rajput, Vishal Singh Chauhan, Raj Singh Kushwaha, and Anand. Raja Raghuvanshi’s frame was once present in a gorge close to Sohra (Cherrapunji) on June 2. Sonam was once later discovered close to a roadside dhaba alongside the Varanasi-Ghazipur freeway.

The couple, each citizens of Indore in Madhya Pradesh, had long gone lacking right through their honeymoon travel to Meghalaya. (With ANI inputs)