The District & Sessions court, Shillong granted Meghalaya Police eight-day custody of Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime suspect in the murder of her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi, and four of her aides.
Sonam was brought to Shillong on Tuesday midnight, while the other accused reached on Wednesday on transit remand.
East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police Vivek Syiem said, “Police had sought a 10-day remand of all the accused. The court granted 8 days of police custody.”
Sonam, her alleged boyfriend Raj Singh Kushwaha and three other suspects – Akash Rajput, Vishal Singh Chauhan and Anand Kurmi –are accused of murdering Raja on May 23 at Weisawdong in the Sohra area of East Khasi Hills.
Sonam and Raja had ostensibly come to Meghalaya for their honeymoon after getting married on May 11. Raj did not travel to Meghalaya but remained in Indore where he is alleged to have coordinated aspects of the crime. The three others are thought to have been hired by Sonam and/or Raj to commit the murder.
The 24-year-old woman was arrested from Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh, while her aides were apprehended from Indore in Madhya Pradesh.
The special investigation team sought police custody of the accused to reconstruct the crime scene in Sohra, Syiem said.
The SIT has secured a six-day remand for the accused persons from Indore and that of three days for one arrested from Ghazipur, he added.
