A man was arrested from the residence of transport businessman Raja Raghuvanshi in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore. The man, identified as Bajranglal Jat (45) visited Raghuvanshi’s residence posing as a Railway Protection Force (RPF) officer.
Jat reached Raghuvanshi’s residence on Thursday evening to meet his family. Bajranglal Jat, a resident of Rajasthan’s Churu district, claimed that he had met Raja Raghuvanshi about 10 years ago at the Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain and had come to visit the kins following the gruesome murder. The family members, however, suspected foul play and alerted the local police.
The man was arrested by the police and a probe was launched to ascertain his identity and motive for the visit. Rajendra Nagar police station in charge Neeraj Birthare said, “Suspecting foul play, Raghuvanshi’s family alerted police. Our probe found Jat was an RPF constable who was dismissed from service four to five years ago for certain irregularities. Jat claimed he had met Raghuvanshi about 10 years ago at Mahakaleshwar temple in Ujjain and had come to visit his kin after getting to know about the murder.”
“We have learnt that Jat, following his dismissal, has been under stress and roams around wearing an RPF uniform. He was arrested under section 205 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for wearing a police uniform with intent to commit fraud and other offences,” the official said.
Raja Raghuvanshi was killed during his honeymoon in Meghalaya and his body was found in a deep gorge near a waterfall in Cherrapunji. Raghuvanshi’s wife Sonam, her alleged lover Raj Kushwaha, and six others in connection were arrested for allegedly murdering him.
Raja Raghuvanshi got married with Sonam Raghuvanshi on May 11 and reached Meghalaya via Guwahati in Assam on May 20 for their honeymoon. It initially seemed that the couple had gone missing during their trek in the East Khashi hill district on May 23. However, the investigators later found out that he was murdered.