Meghalaya Honeymoon Murder Case | Shillong Court Denies Bail To Prime Suspect Sonam Raghuvanshi
Sparsh Upadhyay
20 Dec 2025 8:53 AM IST
A court in Meghalaya's Shillong this week DENIED BAIL to the prime suspect, Sonam Raghuvanshi, accused of killing her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi, an Indore-based businessman, during their honeymoon in Meghalaya in May this year.
State Police have already filed a 700+ page chargesheet in the matter, claiming that murder was premeditated by Sonam and her alleged lover, Raj Singh Kushwaha. It also names three allged hitmen: Akash Singh Rajput, Vishal Singh Chauhan and Anand Kurmi. Charges of Murder have also been framed by an Additional District Judge.
Meghalaya Honeymoon Murder Case : Shillong Court DENIES BAIL to prime suspect Sonam Raghuvanshi accused of killing of her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi.Police chargesheet claims that murder was premeditated by Sonam and her alleged lover, Raj Singh Kushwaha.#MeghalayaMurder pic.twitter.com/rdcXFvsGZG— Live Law (@LiveLawIndia) December 20, 2025
The crime came to light after the couple, who had tied the knot on May 12, went missing on May 23, while on their honeymoon in Meghalaya. They were last seen checking out of a homestay in Nongriat.
A few days later, their rented scooter was found abandoned near Sohrarim. Then, on June 2, around 10 days after their disappearance, Raja's body was discovered in a deep gorge near the Weisawdong Falls in East Khasi Hills.
His wife, who was missing till June 8, was found near a dhaba on the Varanasi-Ghazipur main road. Yesterday, the Meghalaya police stated that Sonam, along with 21-year-old Raj Kushwaha, was being considered one of the prime suspects in the murder of her husband.