Meghalaya murder case: Indore property dealer arrested for destroying evidence
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Meghalaya murder case: Indore property dealer arrested for destroying evidence
Shilom James is accused of disposing of a bag containing cash, jewellery and a pistol. The bag belonged to the wife of one of the accused, Raja Raghuvanshi. Raja and his wife have been remanded in custody for 13 days. The police are still searching for the other accused, who is believed to be hiding in a nearby house. The case is being investigated by the local police.
Shilom allegedly disposed of a black bag belonging to the main murder accused, Sonam Raghuvanshi. The bag contained Rs 5 lakh in cash, her jewellery, a country-made pistol and her clothes — all items were linked to the probe, the police told India Today TV.
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During the course of the investigation, one of the arrested accused — Vishal alias Vicky Chauhan, a hitman allegedly hired by Sonam to kill her husband Raja Raghuvanshi — revealed that he had booked an online auto from his Indore residence to Sonam’s hideout in the same city with a black bag containing her clothes, jewellery, Rs 5 lakh in cash, and a pistol.
Following the accused’s statement, the Shillong Police reached Indore, the couple’s hometown. However, after failing to locate the black bag, their counterparts in Indore managed to track down an auto driver who had delivered the bag to the Heerabag area, where Sonam was hiding.
Subsequently, the police raided the flat in Heerabag. But, the bag was still missing.
After checking nearby CCTV footage, the police identified Shilom carrying a black bag from the flat and putting it inside a car. The police, then, summoned him for questioning.
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After he didn’t respond to the summonses, the police tracked Shilom’s phone and located him on the Indore-Devas road, where they arrested him.
Meanwhile, a local court on Saturday remanded Sonam Raghuvanshi and her alleged boyfriend Raj to a 13-day judicial custody in connection with Raja’s murder.
The police custody for the two prime accused — Raja’s wife Sonam, and Raj — ended on Saturday, and the special investigation team probing the case did not seek an extension, officials said.
Inputs from PTI