The Meghalaya government has filed FIRs against some media outlets, some YouTubers and even the family members of the accused and the victim for running a smear campaign against the state soon after reports of disappearance of the honeymoon couple emerged.
No stone was left unturned to defame Meghalaya with many targetting the state as a hub of crime and referring to Sohra as “crime-prone hills”, and inciting people on social media to take revenge against residents of Meghalaya. Cabinet Minister Paul Lyngdoh on Monday said that the murder case is the fallout of a love triangle where Sonam Raghuvanshi and her lover hired contract killers to kill her husband, Raja.
“As far as the attack on the image of Meghalaya, the media trial and slugfest that was orchestrated by some news channel, the state government through police has registered FIRs and we will also move legally on the matter to ensure all perpetrators who attacked the image of Meghalaya are brought to book,” he said even as he added that all the tourist destinations in the state are safe with not even a single case of assault taking place anywhere.