One of the persons arrested for alleged involvement in the murder of Indore-based Raja Raghuvanshi in Meghalaya had taken people to the latter’s funeral here, an eyewitness said on Monday.
The murder took a sensational turn when Raghuvanshi’s wife Sonam was held by Meghalaya police along with her three alleged aides Akash Rajput (19), Vishal Singh Chauhan (22), and Raj Singh Kushwaha (21).
“When Raja’s body arrived here, Sonam’s family, whose home is in Govind Nagar Kharcha area, had arranged four -five vehicles for people to attend the funeral. Kushwaha was driving the four-wheeler in which I went, though we did not talk. Only after seeing his photograph in the media post his arrest, I recollected this episode,” said Lakshman Singh Rathore.
Meanwhile, Sonam’s father Devi Singh Raghuvanshi claimed Kushwaha’s name was being wrongly linked to his daughter and threatened to send a legal notice to Meghalaya police.
Eyewitnesses said from Monday night police personnel have been deployed outside Sonam’s maternal home and the door of her house has been locked from inside.
Outside Raja Raghuvanshi’s house in Sahakar Nagar, Indore, locals burnt Sonam’s photo and expressed anger over the murder. A huge poster with his photograph, as well as images from the wedding, had been put up that sought a CBI inquiry. (PTI)
