Raja Raghuvanshi Murder Case Updates | The investigation into the murder of 29-year-old Indore businessman Raja Raghuvanshi during his honeymoon in Meghalaya has taken a fresh turn with the emergence of a new name—Sanjay Verma. According to police sources, call data records reveal that Sanjay and Raja’s wife, Sonam Raghuvanshi, were in frequent telephonic contact, exchanging 119 calls between March 1 and March 25, both before and after the couple’s wedding. Sanjay’s mobile number has been unreachable since the murder came to light.
Raja was reportedly attacked and thrown into a gorge near the Wei Sawdong Falls in East Khasi Hills on May 23. His decomposed body was recovered 10 days later, on June 2. The killing, according to Meghalaya Police, was a pre-planned conspiracy involving multiple individuals and a carefully selected remote location to avoid witnesses.
Honeymoon Murder: Pre-planned Hit, Scene Reconstruction Reveals Key Details
The sequence of events reveals a chilling murder plot:
May 11: Raja and Sonam get married in Indore.
May 21: Couple arrives in Shillong and checks into Balaji Guest House.
May 22: They rent a scooty and head to Sohra.
May 23: Last seen trekking near Nongriat village; Raja is later murdered.
May 24: Scooty abandoned at Sohrarim.
June 2: Raja’s body is found.
June 7-8: Multiple arrests made; Sonam later surrenders in Ghazipur, UP.
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According to police, Raja was struck multiple times with a machete (locally called a dao) by Vishal Singh Chauhan, one of three hired attackers. Sonam allegedly gave the signal to begin the assault, was present during the murder, and fled when her husband began to scream, returning only after he had died from the injuries.
The three assailants—Vishal Chauhan, Akash Rajput, and Anand Kurmi—were allegedly hired by Raj Kushwaha, a 20-year-old accountant at Sonam’s family-run plywood business in Indore, and believed to be her boyfriend.
During the SIT-led crime scene reconstruction, police took the accused to multiple locations in Sohra and Nongriat villages. Investigators recovered a second machete and a blood-stained white shirt, believed to belong to Akash Rajput, from the same gorge where Raja’s body was dumped.
Police maintain that none of the accused had ever visited the region before, suggesting the remote location near Wei Sawdong Falls was chosen intentionally for its isolation and minimal likelihood of witnesses.
As the probe deepens, the role of Sanjay Verma, who has now vanished from communication, is expected to become a crucial angle in uncovering the full scope of the conspiracy.
