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Autopsy report of Raja Raghuvanshi clearly describes injuries as “homicidal”

Shillong, June 12 (UNI) The autopsy report of Raja Raghuvanshi, who was allegedly murdered during his honeymoon in Meghalaya, revealed that he died of severe head trauma inflicted by a moderately heavy, sharp-edged weapon.
The autopsy was conducted at North East Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS), Shillong, and classified the nature of Raja’s injuries as “homicidal”.
A copy of the autopsy report is only available with UNI.
“The death is due to head injury resulting from the injury No. 1 and fracture of the skull as described. Injury No. 1 and fracture to the skull are antemortem and caused by a moderately heavy, sharp cutting weapon and homicidal in nature. However, the viscera are also preserved for toxicological analysis to rule out poisoning,” the autopsy report stated.

The post-mortem revealed that Raja’s scalp is missing from the parietal areas, right temporal, and part of the occipital area due to decomposition.
“Skull cut fracture over the left parietal bone and part of the frontal bone of size 7 cm x 0.1 cm, 4.5 cm left to midline and 8 cm above left supraorbital ridge. The area is depressed. Behind this fracture, the outer table of the skull is missing of size of 4.5 cm x 1.5 cm and continues as a linear fracture. Cut fracture over the occipital bone on the midline of sizes 5.5 cm x 0.1, 1 cm below external occipital protuberance,” the autopsy report explained
Further, the report stated that the dura mater, the tough outer membrane protecting the brain, was severed beneath the parietal fracture, indicating the depth and force of the injury.
Due to advanced decomposition, the condition of the neck could not be fully assessed. There was no visible injury to the vertebrae, and soft tissue damage in the neck area could not be confirmed as the skin and connective tissue were missing.
Raja was reported missing on May 23, along with his newly wedded wife, Sonam Raghuvanshi. Eight days later, Meghalaya police found his partially decomposed body on June 2 near Wei Sawdong Falls during an extended search operation.
Meghalaya police registered a murder case following the recovery of Raja’s decomposed body and formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) code-named “Operation Honeymoon”.
Sonam, the prime accused in the murder of her husband Raja, was arrested on Monday from Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh, and four other accused were nabbed from Madhya Pradesh.
All five have been remanded to police custody for eight days following a court order on June 11.
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