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Raja Raghuvanshi's mother's four questions for Sonam as she breaks down: ‘Why did she…?'
Mother of Raja Raghuvanshi demands justice as Sonam, his wife, is accused of conspiracy in his murder during their honeymoon in Meghalaya.
The mother of Raja Raghuvanshi, who was killed during his honeymoon in Meghalaya last month, on Thursday accused Sonam Raghuvanshi of misleading and investigators, urging her to confess to her crime.
"She (Sonam) is misleading too much. She should tell the whole truth. She should be kept in custody until she tells why she killed Raja," Uma Raghuvanshi told ANI.
According to PTI, Uma Raghuvanshi also broke down while remembering her late son and kept asking: “Why did Sonam get my son killed?”
“She, her friends, and all those close to her must be interrogated in detail. What was my son’s fault, and why did she get him killed? I won't find peace until I hear the answer to this directly from Sonam’s mouth," she told the news agency.
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Raja Raghuvanshi and his wife Sonam were reported missing during their honeymoon in Meghalaya on May 23. On June 2, Raghuvanshi's body was found in a deep gorge close to a waterfall in the Sohra area, also known as Cherrapunji, within the East Khasi Hills district.
As the search continued for Sonam, she emerged in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur, around 1,200 km away from the crime spot, in the early hours of June 9 and surrendered before police.
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According to police, Sonam conspired with her boyfriend Raj Kushwaha to hire three other men to kill her husband Raja during their honeymoon, nearly two weeks after their wedding. The three killers — Akash Thakur, Anand Kurmi and Vishal Chauhan — are friends and one of them is Raj’s cousin
On June 19, the district session court in Shillong sent Sonam Raghuvanshi and Raj Kushwaha to two days in police custody, while the remaining accused -- Akash Rajput, Vishal Singh Chauhan, and Anand -- were sent to 14-day judicial custody.
