Meghalaya Murder Mystery: New Twist Emerges in Raja Raghuvanshi Case as Identity of Jitendra Raghuvanshi Comes to Light

As the investigation into the Meghalaya honeymoon murder case deepens, shocking revelations continue to surface. A new name — Jitendra Raghuvanshi — has now come to light, giving the case an unexpected twist. According to Sonam Raghuvanshi’s brother Govind, Jitendra is their maternal cousin and worked as a junior employee in the family business.

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Along with Sonam’s alleged lover, Raj Kushwaha, and three others — Vishal Chauhan, Akash Rajput, and Anand Kurmi — Jitendra has been taken into custody. All five accused have been transported to Meghalaya and were remanded to eight days of police custody on Wednesday.

Jitendra Raghuvanshi Role Under Scrutiny in Murder Probe

Jitendra Raghuvanshi is the person whose account was allegedly used by Sonam Raghuvanshi to make initial payments on May 23 to the hitmen hired to kill Raja Raghuvanshi. When asked about who Jitendra Raghuvanshi was, Sonam’s brother Govind told the media on Wednesday he was his cousin. Govind added that Sonam’s UPI account was opened in Jitendra’s name. However, he did not explain why it was not opened under her name, Hindustan Times reported earlier.

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After Jitendra’s name cropped up in the investigation, it reportedly raised suspicions that Sonam made the transactions through hawala route and her family’s business came under scanner for alleged hawala links.However, Govind rejected the claims and said Jitendra was also a junior employee at their family business, and his account had their money which was used to make regular transactions, reported The New Indian Express.

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