Raja Raghuvanshi’s elder brother Vipin told PTI in Indore, “The motive behind my brother’s murder is still unclear. Narco tests on Sonam and Kushwaha can provide clues about it. Therefore, we will soon file a petition in the Meghalaya High Court for conducting narco tests on both accused.” Apart from the alleged ‘love triangle’, the motive behind the murder could be to gain huge financial benefits by the accused, he suspected.
During a narco-analysis test, a drug, sodium pentothal, is injected into the body of the subject which takes him/her to a hypnotic state, and his/her imagination is neutralised, leading him/her to gives true information about an incident.
Sonam is accused of getting her husband killed with the help of Kushwaha and three contract killers, a case which has sent shockwaves across the country.
Raja Raghuvanshi, who was into transport business, went missing on May 23 during his honeymoon in Meghalaya. His decomposed body was found in a deep gorge near a waterfall in the Sohra area (also known as Cherrapunji) of East Khasi Hills district on June 2.
He tied the knot with Sonam on May 11 in Indore and the couple left for the north-eastern state on May 20.
A Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Meghalaya Police is investigating the murder case. PTI HWP MAS RSY