'Raja bhai tum to gaye': Wedding event host words haunt Raghuvanshi family - watch video

NEW DELHI: What was supposed to be the happiest moment of their lives, a light-hearted comment from the host left the guests in stitches. “Raja bhai, tum to gaye,” he quipped, unaware that those words would soon echo in the darkest way imaginable. The scene was vibrant — the bride and groom, Sonam and Raja Raghuvanshi, laughing under fairy lights, promising each other love and liberty.“I, Sonam, promise that after marriage, wherever he goes with his friends, wherever he parties, wherever he makes a fool of himself, I will not ask where he was or where he went,” she said in a playful vow, drawing laughter and applause. Raja, beaming beside her, pledged a world tour every year.Also Read: Raja Raghuvanshi Murder But behind those smiles lay a secret that would shatter two families and spark a multi-state hunt for Sonam.In the video, Sonam also refuses to even say Raja’s name in a playful compatibility quiz. He, unaware of what fate awaited, only smiled.What began with wedding vows now spirals as a case of betrayal, conspiracy, and cold-blooded murder — leaving only echoes of a once-happy celebration and the haunting line: “Raja bhai… tum to gaye.”A honeymoon that ended in horrorRaja was found murdered in Meghalaya’s picturesque Sohra on May 23 — barely days into their honeymoon. Sonam, who had been with him, vanished shortly after.Nearly 2,200km away, in Indore, a flat near Dewas Naka became her hiding place. According to police, it was arranged by her alleged lover, Raj Kushwaha. Sonam is believed to have stayed there between May 25 and June 7, meticulously destroying evidence before slipping away once again.A Shillong police team searched the flat on Tuesday. Apart from a few clothes and utensils, the apartment offered little — a testament, police say, to Sonam’s calculated effort to cover her tracks