‘Raja bhai, tum to gaye’: Anchor’s quip on Sonam Raghuvanshi takes chilling significance after murder

A wedding anchor's joke now holds a chilling significance as investigators reveal Sonam allegedly plotted Raja Raghuvanshi's murder with her lover

Published on: Jun 18, 2025, 18:54:45 IST

By Sanya Jain

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A wedding anchor’s joke about Raja Raghuvanshi losing his freedom after marriage has taken on a chilling significance after the Indore man was murdered by his wife during their honeymoon in Meghalaya. A video from the couple’s reception that has surfaced on social media shows the anchor making the newlywed couple recite playful wedding vows - one of which involved Sonam Raghuvanshi promising to let her husband party with his friends after their marriage.

A video from Raja and Sonam Raghuvanshi's wedding reception shows the newlyweds joking with the wedding anchor.

The host, and other wedding guests, were of course unaware that Sonam Raghuvanshi would be involved in her husband’s killing days later. Investigators now say that even before the wedding celebrations, Sonam had allegedly hatched a plan to kill her husband, Raja, with the help of her lover.

‘Raja bhai, tum to gaye’

The video in question, filmed during Raja Raghuvanshi and Sonam’s wedding reception, shows the couple laughing and joking with the host and each other. At one point, the host makes them repeat playful vows - Raj, for example, promises to take Sonam shopping every month.

When it came to Sonam’s turn, the host asked her to repeat that she would allow Raj to party and hang out with his friends without questioning him about his whereabouts.

Sonam laughingly refused to repeat the vow, prompting the wedding anchor to joke, “Raja bhai, tum to gaye (Raja bhai, you are gone).”

The quip elicited laughter from the audience.

Footage of the moment has gone viral on social media after Raja Raghuvanshi’s murder during his honeymoon in Meghalaya.

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.

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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Sanya Jain
Sanya Jain is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times Digital. She has nearly a decade of experience in covering offbeat stories that speak to the everyday experience - from viral videos to human interest copies that spark conversation. Her interests stretch across business, pop culture, social media trends, entertainment and global affairs. Before joining Hindustan Times, Sanya spent two years with Moneycontrol and five years with NDTV. She holds an undergraduate degree in English literature from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and a master’s in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. Sanya has a sharp eye for spotting emerging trends and looking for newsworthy angles to elevate viral posts into meaningful narratives. She was the first one, for example, to cover Narayana Murthy’s remark on 70-hour work weeks that sparked a national conversation. She is equally at ease writing about business leaders as about the common man, about issues of national importance and memes that amuse social media. Sanya enjoys speaking with content creators, newsmakers and entrepreneurs to transform everyday moments into engaging, slice-of-life stories that resonate with readers. When she is not working, Sanya can be found curled up with a good book. Born and raised in Lucknow, she has spent the last several years in Delhi. She is deeply interested in animal welfare and now spends a lot of her time running after her destructive orange cat.Read More

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