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Honeymoon murder: Judicial custody of three accused extended

Shillong, July 3 (UNI) A local court here in Meghalaya today extended the judicial custody of the three co-accused in the murder of Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi till July 16 as their 14 days judicial custody ended.
The trio - Vishal Chauhan, Akash Rajput and Anand Kurmi - were accused of hacking Raja to death near Wei Sawdong falls parking lot in Sohra, one of the popular tourist destinations in Meghalaya, on May 23 allegedly at the behest of his newlywed wife Sonam Raghuvanshi.
The couple from Indore in Madhya Pradesh was on their honeymoon trip to Sohra when the crime took place.
Assistant public prosecutor, Tushar Chanda said the Court of Judicial Magistrate of the First Class (JMFC) Don Kitbor Koshy Mihsill heard the matter today via video conference as the three accused were not produced physically in the court.
After hearing the matter, Chandra said, the court further remanded the trio to another 14 days judicial custody.
Meanwhile, Sonam and her paramour Raj Singh Kushwaha, would be produced before Mihsill’s court as their 13 days judicial custody ends on Friday.
All the five murder accused were nabbed by the Special Investigation Team of Meghalaya Police last month from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
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