Meghalaya honeymoon murder case: 'Wife hired hitmen', say cops; 'Sonam innocent,' claims family - Who said what

NEW DELHI: Sonam Raghuvanshi's father has claimed her innocence after she was arrested by the UP Police on Monday for allegedly hiring people to kill her husband during their honeymoon in Meghalaya.

He accused the Meghalaya Police was "lying" after they claimed that she "hired" assailants to kill her spouse. "My daughter is innocent. I have trust in my daughter. She cannot do this (kill her husband)... They got married with the consent of both families. The state (Meghalaya) Government has been lying from the beginning," Devi Singh said."We were thinking of meeting Madhya Pradesh CM and then Union HM Amit Shah to request a CBI inquiry.

Meghalaya Police is making up stories. Let the CBI inquiry begin, all officers at the police station (in Meghalaya) will be behind bars," he added.Meghalaya director general of police (DGP) I Nongrang claimed that Sonam hired assailants to kill her husband Raja Raghuvanshi.

'Meghalaya Police lying'

Accusing the Meghalaya Police of "making up stories" in the murder case, Sonam's father said that his daughter "reached Ghazipur on her own" and wasn't "arrested in Meghalaya".

"My daughter came to a dhaba in Ghazipur last night and she called her brother...Police went to the dhaba, and she was taken from there. I have not been able to speak to my daughter," he said."Why will my daughter do such a thing (kill her husband)? The Meghalaya Police is lying. My daughter reached Ghazipur on her own. She was not arrested in Meghalaya," he added.

'Sonam surrendered in UP'

Meghalaya DGP Nongrang informed that "Sonam surrendered at the Nandganj police station in UP, and was subsequently arrested".She said that the arrested men confessed to being hired by Sonam for the murder, adding, "The operation is still continuing in Madhya Pradesh to catch some more persons involved in the crime.""One person was picked up from UP, and another two accused were apprehended from Indore by the SIT," she said.

Meghalaya CM congratulates state police

Extending his congratulations for cracking the case in just seven days, Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangama said, "Within 7 days a major breakthrough has been achieved by the #meghalayapolice in the Raja murder case … 3 assailants who are from Madhya Pradesh have been arrested, female has surrendered and operation still on to catch 1 more assailant ..

well done" tagging state police.

Indore resident Raja Raghuvanshi was found dead near Cherrapunji on Friday during his honeymoon in Meghalaya.Police teams from Meghalaya and Indore are heading to Ghazipur to further the investigation and escort Sonam back to Meghalaya.