After Meghalaya, another honeymoon killing: Man dies in hit-and-run, turns out to be murder plot by wife

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A newlywed couple from Rajasthan, Ashish and Anju's evening walk turned into nightmare when a vehicle hit them. While the man died on the spot, the wife was robbed of her gold jewellery and left unconscious on the road.

The couple had gotten married three months ago. The case that initially appeared to be hit-and-run took a shocking turn when the cops suspected something fishy in the details as Anju kept changing her statements.

The investigators were reminded of Meghalaya’s honeymoon murder case, where a woman, Sonam Raghuvanshi, got her husband, Raja Raghivanshi, killed on their honeymoon and tried orchestrating it as an accident last year.

Suspecting something similar, the police began investigation and found that Anju got Ashish killed by her boyfriend, Sanju, and two others and tried to pass it off as an accident. It is now being called Rajasthan's honeymoon murder, according to a report by NDTV.

The incident took place on January 30. Superintendent of Police, Sri Ganganagar, Amrita Duhan said the cops received the information on the night of January 30, at around 9. The police were told that a couple was lying unconscious on the road.

They were taken to a hospital where Ashish was declared brought dead.

What did the wife say?

Anju, 23, told the police that she and her husband had stepped out for an evening walk when an unidentified vehicle hit Ashish and her. She also claimed that she was robbed of the gold jewellery she was wearing.

The police, however, grew suspicious during the investigation as it spotted discrepancies between on-ground reality and Anju's testimony. Police also found injury marks on Ashish's body and he also appeared to have been strangled, while Anju escaped unhurt, according to a report by NDTV.

Police also looked at her phoned records which established that she was in regular contact with Sanju, a man who lived close to her house, NDTV added.

Anju and Ashish married three months ago, but Anju was reportedly unhappy and went back to her hometown soon after the wedding. There she reconciled with her ex-boyfriend, Sanju and the two are said to have planned Ashish's murder during that time.

On the night of January 30, Anju took Ashish to an isolated road, where the three attackers - Sanju and his accomplices, Rocky, also known as Rohit, and Badal, alias Siddharth - were allegedly hiding in the bushes. The accused brutally attacked and strangled him and then tried to pass it off as a road accident.

However, the police have arrested all four accused.

Meghalaya honeymoon murder

Raja Raghuvanshi and his wife, Sonam, went to Meghalaya for their honeymoon days after their marriage in May 2025. Twelve days later, he was dead and his body was found in the wilderness of the northeastern state.

Sonam, along with her lover, Raj Kushwaha, a former worker at her family business, planned to kill Raja during the honeymoon and make it look like an accident. Days after the murder, Sonam appeared at a dhaba in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur and was taken into custody. Kushwaha and three other hired killers were also arrested.