SIT to reconstruct crime scene; 5 accused sent to 8-day custody

Meghalaya case: Day of murder

- Shruti Tomar

GUWAHATI: A Special Investigation Team is planning to take the alleged killers of Raja Raghuvanshi to Sohra in Meghalaya and nearby localities to reconstruct the crime, a senior officer said on Wednesday after a Shillong court remanded the victim's wife Sonam Raghuvanshi and the four other accused to eight days of police custody.

East Khasi Hills district SP Vivek Syiem said police have a watertight case against the accused. He said they would be questioned both individually and as a group to piece together the sequence of events before and after the murder but did not specify when the police plan to take them to Sohra.

"Police had sought 10-day remand of all the accused. The court granted 8 days of police custody," Syiem said. "There are a lot of loose ends that we need to tie up, we can confirm only after her (Sonam's) interrogation. In our evidence it is proven that she is very much involved," added Syiem.

The 24-year-old woman was arrested from Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh early Monday, while her alleged lover Raj Kushwaha was apprehended from Indore in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday night. Police have said the two hired three men, Akash Rajput from Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh, Vishal Singh Chauhan from Indore, Madhya Pradesh and Anand Kurmi from Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, to kill Raghuvanshi while the couple were on their honeymoon in Meghalaya.