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Indore Couple Missing: The family of an Indore-based couple who went missing in Meghalaya last month while honeymooning requested the government to hand over the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). In the high-profile case, Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma himself has been monitoring the investigation into the newly wedded couple's mysteriously missing case.

Family Writes To PM Requesting CBI Probe

The family of Raja Raghuvanshi wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the matter.

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Justice Will Be Served: Meghalaya CM Conrad Sangma

The Meghalaya chief minister Conrad assured that justice would be served in the case. He did not comment on calls for a CBI investigation, saying the inquiry is ongoing and thorough.

What Has the Couple's Family Said?

The family of the missing woman expressed its dissatisfaction with the Meghalaya police probe, pressing for an investigation by the Central probe agency.

"My daughter has been abducted and is still in the clutches of her captors. Meghalaya police is not investigating the matter properly. They have been negligent right from the beginning. I have been seeking deployment of the army from the day they went missing. If it was done in time, they would have been found safely," Sonam's father Devi Singh Raghuvanshi said, adding the Centre must hand over the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation.

With desperation setting in, Raghuvanshi said he had hung an inverted photograph of Sonam on the advice of an astrologer so that she can be found safely.

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After their marriage here on May 11, the couple left for Meghalaya on May 20 for their honeymoon, kin said.

What Happened So Far In The Case

Sonam Raghuvanshi (25) and her husband Raja Raghuvanshi (29) disappeared on May 23 hours after they checked out of a homestay at Nongriat village in Meghalaya's East Khasi Hills district. Raja's body was found in a deep gorge near a waterfall in Sohra area, some 20 kilometres away from the homestay, on June 2.

Meghalaya police, which registered a murder case after Raja's body was found, are yet to get clues about Sonam's whereabouts. The couple arrived at Mawlakhiat village on May 22 on a rented scooter. They parked their scooter and trekked 3,000 steps down the gorge to visit the famous living rootbridges at Nongriat village, where they stayed the night and left the homestay the following morning.

On May 24, their scooter was found abandoned at a cafe along the road from Shillong to Sohra. A woman's white shirt, a strip of medicine, a part of the LCD screen of a mobile phone and a smartwatch were seized at the spot where Raja's body was found, as per Meghalaya police.

(With Agencies inputs)