All 3 Killers Attacked Raja Raghuvanshi, 2 Machetes Were Used: Cops

The Meghalaya Police conducted a recreation of the crime scene on Tuesday.
Raja Raghuvanshi, killed during his honeymoon in Meghalaya, was attacked by all three
men who were friends of his wife’s alleged lover, and not one – as was known so far –
but two machetes were used in the murder, police have said.
The Meghalaya Police conducted a recreation of the crime scene near the Wei
Sawdong falls in the East Khasi Hills district, where Raja was killed on May 23, just 12
days after his wedding in Indore. The body was thrown into a gorge and discovered on
June 2.
Raja’s wife, Sonam Raghuvanshi, was with him when he was killed, as were three
friends – Akash Rajput, Vishal Singh Chauhan and Anand Kurmi – of her lover, Raj
Kushwaha, who was an employee in the family business.
On Tuesday, all of the accused, including Sonam, Raj and the three friends, were taken
by the special investigation team (SIT) to several places where the couple had spent
time, including Mawlakhiat and the Wei Sawdong falls.
“We recreated the entire sequence at the same time as the day of the incident,” East
Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police Vivek Syiem said
“We went to the viewpoint where the murder took place and we ascertained what the
position of each person was, and how they attacked him (Raja). In fact, they had two
separate machetes and both were used. We are looking for the second machete,” the
officer revealed.
The white shirt worn by one of the accused, Akash, was thrown in the gorge where
Raja’s body was dumped. Sonam, Mr Syiem said, was the one who gave the signal to
the men to begin the attack, and the first blow was inflicted by Vishal, after which Raja
fell to the ground.
“She (Sonam) has already confessed to the crime… Today, we recreated the crime
scene, where she stood, what her role was, everything has come out today… The three
people killed Raja, and Sonam was standing there. She destroyed her phone. It was all
pre-planned… The three men dumped his body,” he said.
The officer added that the killers and Sonam chose Wei Sawdong for the crime as there
were no people there, and none of them had been to Meghalaya before.
“Our team is in Indore and they are carrying out further investigations. A few more
people will also be questioned,” he said.