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Honeymoon murder: New details deepen mystery; court extends police custody

Mystery deepens in the Raja Raghuvanshi honeymoon murder case as police uncover new details, recreate the crime scene, and extend custody of accused Sonam Raghuvanshi and her alleged lover

'Nothing wrong has happened': Akal Takht head granthi on influencer killing

Kanchan Kumari, known as Kamal Kaur Bhabhi, was strangled and found dead in a car at Bathinda's Adesh University; two arrested, prime accused Amritpal Singh Mehron fled to UAE, say police

Raja's killers planned to murder woman, pass body as that of Sonam: Police

The killers of Indore-based businessman Raja Raghuvanshi had a plan to murder any random woman and burn her body to pass it as that of his wife Sonam so that she would be able to be in hiding for a few more days till the truth is known, a senior police officer of Meghalaya said here on Thursday. The police also found out that Raj Kushwaha, boyfriend of Sonam, was the mastermind in the murder plot and she is the co-conspirator. On the first day of interrogation of Sonam, her suspected boyfriend Raj and three others, who were arrested in connection with the killing of the Indore-based businessman, also revealed that she fled from Meghalaya in a burqa and reached the Madhya Pradesh city using various modes of transport like taxi, bus and train. The conspiracy to eliminate Raja was hatched in Indore, shortly before his wedding with Sonam on May 11, and the mastermind is Raja while the woman had agreed to the plot, East Khasi Hills district Superintendent of Police Vivek Syiem told PTI.

Punjabi influencer Kamal Kaur found dead inside abandoned car in Bathinda

Punjabi influencer Kamal Kaur, missing since June 9, was found dead in a parked car in Bathinda with police launching a murder investigation and probing possible threats

'100% sure, she did it, hang her': Sonam's brother demands death penalty

Sonam Raghuvanshi's brother, Govind, says he is '100 per cent sure' she murdered her husband Raja during their honeymoon in Meghalaya and demands she be hanged if found guilty

Watch: Sonam's brother breaks down, apologises to Raja's family

Govind Raghuvanshi, brother of prime accused Sonam Raghuvanshi visited Raja Raghuvanshi's house on Wednesday to apologise to the grieving family about his sister's alleged role in the murder.

Wife of Indore man murdered in Meghalaya detained: Timeline of events

A newly-married couple from Indore went to Meghalaya for honeymoon and went missing. The man was found dead days later, and the police now suspect that his wife was behind the murder

Meghalaya murder: Police to recreate crime scene with arrested wife, aides

A special investigation team of the Meghalaya Police brought here around midnight arrested Sonam Raghuvanshi, one of the five accused in the murder of her Indore-based businessman husband Raja Raghuvanshi, and would reconstruct the crime scene in Sohra, a senior officer said on Wednesday. The four others, who were also arrested from Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh in connection with the murder, are expected to arrive here shortly, and they will be produced before a local court, he said. Sonam was taken to a hospital here for a medical examination and will be produced before a court during the day as the SIT will seek her police custody to complete the investigation, he said. "The SIT team that brought Sonam arrived shortly before midnight. She was taken to a hospital here to ascertain whether she was pregnant or not. She will be produced before a court here," a senior police officer told PTI. The SIT will seek "police custody of all the arrested persons, and will reconstruct the .

Honeymoon murder twist: Accused coordinated killing from Indore, police say

Raj Singh Kushwaha allegedly coordinated with Sonam Raghuvanshi and hired killers while maintaining an alibi in Indore, say police probing Raja Raghuvanshi's murder

Meghalaya honeymoon horror: Accused wife produced in Ghazipur court

An Indore-based woman accused of hiring men to get her husband killed while on honeymoon in Meghalaya surrendered before Uttar Pradesh Police in Ghazipur on Monday, while another accused man was arrested from Lalitpur district, police said. Sonam Raghuvanshi (24), who has been accused of orchestrating the murder of her husband Raja Raghuvanshi, was produced before a local court in Ghazipur on Monday night for transit remand permission, following which she was expected to be taken into custody by a Meghalaya Police team that reached here in the evening. The court proceedings continued till late in the night. Earlier in the day, Meghalaya DGP I Nongrang said Raja Raghuvanshi, an Indore-based transport businessman whose body was found a week back in Meghalaya, was allegedly killed by men hired by his wife Sonam. Apart from Sonam, police have arrested three men -- Akash Rajput from Lalitpur and two others from Indore -- in connection with the case. A total of five persons have been ..

SC cancels bail of former Karnataka minister in BJP worker murder case

Citing attempts to influence witnesses, the Supreme Court has cancelled bail of ex-Karnataka minister Vinay Kulkarni in BJP worker Yogesh Gowda's 2016 murder case

Anticipatory bail in serious offences must not be given mechanically: SC

The Supreme Court has said anticipatory bail in cases involving serious offences should not be given in a mechanical manner. A three-judge bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol and Sandeep Mehta made the observation while setting aside an order of anticipatory bail to four accused in a murder case. "The order of the High Court (Patna) does not disclose any reasoning for granting anticipatory bail in a matter involving serious offences under Sections 302 and 307 IPC," the bench said in its May 1 order. It continued, "The impugned order is cryptic and lacking in judicial analysis. In cases involving serious offences, the grant of anticipatory bail in such a mechanical manner cannot be sustained and is liable to be set aside." On a plain reading of the FIR and accompanying material, the court noted that the appellant's father was assaulted and killed in the presence of the appellant, who was also the informant. "The incident appears to have stemmed from a dispute regarding ...

Indore tourist's body found in Meghalaya; machete recovered, wife missing

An Indore couple on their honeymoon went missing in Meghalaya on May 23; husband's body found in gorge with a bloodstained machete nearby; search for missing wife continues amid SIT probe

Salvador court convicts 3 ex-army officers in 1982 killing of 4 journalists

Three former Salvadoran officers were convicted by a five-person jury late Tuesday for the 1982 killings of four Dutch journalists during the Central American nation's civil war. A jury made up of five women convicted the three men of murder in a lightning trial that began Tuesday morning in the northern city of Chalatenango, said Oscar Perez, lawyer for the Foundation Comunicandonos that represented the victims. Perez said prosecutors requested 15-year prison sentences for all three. Convicted were former Defence Minister Gen. Jose Guillermo Garcia, 91, former treasury police director Col. Francisco Moran, 93, and Col. Mario Adalberto Reyes Mena, 85, who was the former army commander of the Fourth Infantry Brigade in Chalatenango. Garcia and Moran are under police guard at a private hospital in San Salvador, while Reyes Mena lives in the United States. In March, El Salvador's Supreme Court ordered that the extradition process be started to bring him back. The Dutch TV journalists

Who was Sana Yousaf, 17-year-old Pakistani influencer shot dead at home?

Sana Yousaf, 17, was shot dead in her Islamabad home by a visiting relative. Police are probing rejected advances and honour killing as possible motives

Let harmony prevail, communal hatred end in Mangaluru: CM Siddaramaiah

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday insisted that communal harmony must prevail and hatred must end in Dakshina Kannada district. The coastal district is on the boil following the murder of a youth on May 27 in Bantwal. Prohibitory orders have been clamped there till May 30. The Chief Minister on Thursday visited Congress MLC B K Hariprasad's residence where he had a discussion on the prevailing situation in Dakshina Kannada district. We had a general discussion on the prevailing situation in Mangaluru. There should be communal harmony in that region. There should not be any hatred among Hindus and Muslims. We have to bring harmony there, for which we had a discussion, Siddaramaiah told reporters after visiting Hariprasad's house. He said he has asked Hariprasad to visit Mangaluru. Regarding the revengeful killings in Dakshina Kannada, Siddaramaiah said, We will take action as per law against anyone involved in it irrespective of how influential that person is. No on

Tirupati boy murdered after mother leaves him as 'collateral' in Tamil Nadu

The boy's mother, forced to leave him with a duck rearer over a fabricated debt, returned to find her son dead and buried in Tamil Nadu

Indian-origin entrepreneur killed by homeless fellow Indian on Texas bus

An Indian man fatally stabbed 30-year-old Akshay Gupta on a bus in Austin, Texas. The attack was unprovoked, and Kandel later admitted to the crime, citing a resemblance to his uncle

Mangione wants murder case dropped, cites double jeopardy in CEO killing

Luigi Mangiones lawyers urging a judge Thursday to throw out his state murder charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, arguing that the New York case and a parallel federal death penalty prosecution amount to double jeopardy. If that doesn't happen, they want terrorism charges dismissed and prosecutors barred from using evidence collected during Mangione's arrest last December, including a 9 mm handgun, ammunition and a notebook in which authorities say he described his intent to wack an insurance executive. Mangione's lawyers also want to exclude statements he made to police officers who took him into custody at a McDonald's restaurant in Altoona, Pennsylvania, 230 miles (about 370 kilometers) west of New York City, after a five-day search. Among other things, prosecutors say the Ivy League graduate apologised to officers for the inconvenience of the day, and expressed concern for a McDonald's employee who alerted them to his whereabouts, saying: A lot of peop

Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty in fatal shooting of UnitedHealth exec

Mangione, 26, is charged with stalking and shooting Brian Thompson outside a hotel in Manhattan on December 4