Sonam Raghuvanshi obtained assist hiding jewelry, laptop computer and weapon: Indore property seller, watchman held

Jun 23, 2025 08:35 AM IST

Police sources mentioned dealer helped Sonam Raghuvanshi conceal a field, a laptop computer and probably a weapon belonging to her alleged lover Raj Kushwaha.

The internet continues to tighten within the Meghalaya honeymoon homicide thriller. Meghalaya Police’s particular investigation staff has arrested two extra suspects from Madhya Pradesh for allegedly serving to Sonam Raghuvanshi after the killing of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi, taking the overall arrests within the case to seven.

Meghalaya SIT staff and FSL Indore, gather the items of the burnt bag and burnt items of Sonam Raghuvanshi’s belongings for forensic investigation, at Hare Krishna Vihar Colony in Indore.(ANI)

Cops nabbed a property seller named Silome James on Saturday night whereas he was making an attempt to flee to Bhopal from the Bhonrasa toll-gate in Dewas district.

“He is a property seller and lessee of a constructing at Heera Bagh Colony in Indore the place Sonam had stayed and stored the jewelry and different gadgets she took along with her after the incident,” East Khasi Hills district SP Vivek Syiem advised PTI.indo

The second accused, Balvir Ahirwar, a watchman and carpenter, was arrested from his native village in Ashok Nagar district within the early hours of Sunday, reported information company ANI. He was reportedly posted on the Indore flat the place Sonam Raghuvanshi, spouse of the deceased and a key accused within the homicide, had stayed after fleeing Meghalaya.

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“Shillong police got here to Shadora immediately. They took an individual named Balvir Ahirwar with them to Indore for questioning. According to the preliminary investigation, the flat by which Sonam Raghuvanshi stayed after the homicide, Balvir Ahirwar was working there as a watchman and a carpenter,” ANI quoted Ashoknagar SP Vineet Kumar Jain as saying.

Both males had been introduced earlier than an Indore court docket and remanded within the transit custody of Meghalaya Police for seven days, Additional DCP Rajesh Dandotiya mentioned.

Property seller helped conceal proof

Police sources mentioned James helped Sonam conceal a field containing jewelry, a laptop computer and probably a weapon belonging to her alleged lover Raj Kushwaha. The field was later destroyed. 

“The property seller led the SIT to the place the place he had disposed of all of the gadgets of the field by burning,” an SIT officer mentioned. No indicators of the pistol, jewelry or laptop computer had been discovered.

The flat had been rented by James to co-accused Vishal Chauhan for 17,000 monthly, he advised reporters on June 13.

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Raja Raghuvanshi was hacked to dying close to Weisawdong falls in Sohra on May 23 throughout a honeymoon journey. His mutilated physique was recovered on June 2. The homicide was allegedly deliberate by Sonam and her lover Raj Kushwaha, who’re among the many 5 accused already in judicial custody in Meghalaya.

(With ANI/PTI inputs)

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