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MP Court Grants 7-Day Transit Remand of 3 Accused To Shillong Police News24 –


The Shillong Police on Monday obtained a seven-day transit remand for three accused from a court in Madhya Pradesh in connection with the Raja Raghuvanshi murder case.

Police will take the three accused for further probe

Now, the police will take the three accused- Akash Rajput, Vishal Singh Chauhan and Raj Singh Kushwaha to Shillong for further probe. 

Fourth accused will be produced on June 10

Additional DCP (Crime) Rajesh Dandotiya said, “They were presented before the CJM Judge, and Shillong police got a 7-day transit remand. The fourth accused, Anand, is being brought to Indore from Sagar, Bina (Madhya Pradesh), and will be produced in court on Tuesday. All four will be taken to Shillong by Shillong Police.”

Raja Raghuvanshi was allegedly killed during a honeymoon trip in Meghalaya by contract killers reportedly hired by his wife, Sonam Raghuvanshi.

‘Raja Raghuvanshi sustained two head injuries’

Following the arrest of four people in the Indore couple case, Meghalaya Special Investigation Team (SIT) Chief Herbert Pyniaid Kharkongor said that, according to the post-mortem report, the deceased Raja Raghuvanshi sustained two head injuries.

“Post mortem saying two head injuries with a sharp cutting weapon,” Kharkongor said.

Sonam was found near a dhaba on the Varanasi-Ghazipur main road

Sonam Raghuvansi, the wife of late Raja Raghuvanshi, was found near a dhaba on the Varanasi-Ghazipur main road, said a senior police official of Uttar Pradesh Police on Monday.

Earlier, Meghalaya Police visited Sakhi-One Stop Centre in Ghazipur, where Sonam Raghuvanshi, was kept. Afterward, she was taken to the District Hospital for medical examination.

The Madhya Pradesh Police have also deployed personnel outside Sonam’s residence in Indore.