Meghalaya murder: Raja Raghuvanshi’s sister defends Instagram Reels amid backlash - ‘Had I kept quiet…’

Raja Raghuvanshi's sister, Shrasti, said that her posts played a major role in bringing attention to the murder case.

Raja Raghuvanshi’s sister, Shrasti, who faced backlash on social media for posting emotional videos about her brother’s murder, has uploaded a new video as a response to all the allegations, claiming that her videos played a major role in bringing attention to the case.

Shrasti has been sharing Instagram reels demanding justice and exposing details about her brother’s death after Raja’s body was found in a gorge in Meghalaya. Some users accused her of using a family tragedy to gain followers and attention.

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In response to these accusations, Shrasti said that her posts played a major role in bringing attention to the case. "Whoever is saying that I'm using my brother's death to increase my followers and views, it's not like that. If I hadn't posted and it had not gone viral, maybe his killers would not have been found yet. If we had kept quiet, then this case would have closed in two to three days. We have seen so many such cases - killers would not have been found," she said in a post on Instagram.

Shrasti added that she is doing everything she can for her brother. “Wherever I have to go, whoever I have to confront, I will raise my voice for my brother. People are trolling me everywhere, but what are you doing for my brother? You’re only blaming me, not helping. Think about how a sister is fighting for justice,” she added.

The criticism intensified online after Shrasti, who has 4.8 lakh followers on Instagram, posted a video lashing out at Sonam , with the couple's marriage picture and a video as the backdrop.

In the video, Shrasti broke down and said, “My brother promised to be with Sonam for seven lifetimes, but she couldn’t stay with him even for seven days. If you loved someone else, you could have left him. Why did you kill him? Why did you take away someone’s brother, someone’s son?”

Sonam Raghuwanshi, 24, and her lover, Raj Kushwaha, along with three others, Akash Rajput, Anand Kurmi, and Vishal Singh Chauhan, were arrested earlier this week for the murder of 29-year-old Raja Raghuvanshi.