Raja Raghuvanshi and his wife Sonam had left their suitcase at a homestay in Sohra before going missing, and the ‘mangalsutra’ and a ring found in it helped investigators crack the honeymoon murder case, Meghalaya DGP, I Nongrang, said.
Sonam (25) and Raja (29) got married in Indore on May 11 and reached Meghalaya via Guwahati in Assam on May 20 for their honeymoon. Both of them went missing on May 23 in Sohra in East Khasi Hills district, hours after checking out of a homestay at Nongriat village.
“We recovered Sonam’s ‘mangalsutra’ and a ring from the suitcase the couple abandoned at a homestay in Sohra. A married woman leaving behind the ornaments gave us a clue to pursue her as a suspect in the case,” Nongrang told reporters on Wednesday evening.