Meghalaya honeymoon murder: New video of couple trekking hours before murder surfaces
PTC News Desk: In a significant development, a new video of Raja Raghuvanshi and his wife Sonam Raghuvanshi has surfaced which shows the couple trekking hours before murder.
The video was inadvertently captured by a YouTuber identified as Devender Singh who was was visiting the popular Double Decker Root Bridge in Cherrapunji’s Nongriat village on May 23. Describing the video as 'last known video' of the Indore-based couple, Singh shared the clipping after reviewing his footage.
"It was around 9.45 am when we were going down and the couple were going up after staying the night in Nogriat village. I think this was the last recording of the couple and Sonam was wearing the same white shirt which was found near Raja," the YouTuber wrote.
"Everytime i watched Raja in the video, I felt very bad about him. He was looking normal but unaware of what will be waiting for him. I have another video in which another 3 people from Indore can also be seen who were started trip 20 min before the couple and captured by police," he added.
According to the police, Raja and Sonam had checked out from Shipra Homestay between 5.30 and 6 am on May 23 before heading towards the trekking route. Raja was allegedly killed later that day, with his body found days later in a 1,000-foot-deep gorge.
- With inputs from agencies