Raja Raghuvanshi murder case: Accused Lokendra Singh Tomar produced in Gwalior court, given 3-day transit remand

Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 24 (ANI): Lokendra Singh Tomar, the eighth accused in connection with the Raja Raghuvanshi murder case, was produced in court in Gwalior on Tuesday. He has been given a three-day transit remand. He is accused of disposing of the pistol and the bag full of money in the murder case, as well as destroying evidence, Meghalaya police said.
He will be taken to Meghalaya via Indore, Delhi and Guwahati.
Police Station Incharge Rashid Khan said, "Lokendra Kumar was presented in Court. A three-day transit remand has been approved. After his medical test here, he will be taken to Indore, from where he will be flown to Delhi, then to Guwahati, after which he will be taken to Shillong by road."

Assistant District Prosecution Officer (ADPO) Prashant Sharma said, "Lokendra Tomar, an accused in the Raja Raghuvanshi murder case, was presented in court for a three-day transit remand. The court approved a three-day transit remand for the accused... During interrogation of other accused, it was found that Lokendra Tomar was also involved in tampering of facts and misleading the probe, based on which the police is carrying out investigation...The accused will be taken to Indore by road, after which he will be taken to Delhi by air."

The accused, Lokendra Tomar, was taken into custody by the Gwalior Crime Branch on Monday.
Earlier, a team from Shillong Police seized a CCTV DVR from the Indore residence of Shilom James late Monday evening in connection with the murder case.
Shilom Jame, a property dealer who had reportedly rented out a flat to the accused Sonam, was arrested on June 21.
Earlier on Saturday, the brother of Sonam Raghuvanshi, one of the prime accused in the murder of Raja Raghuvanshi, called for strict action against her.
Speaking to ANI, Govind Raghuvanshi said, "The police are doing their work. We have demanded that strict action be taken... According to me, the police have investigated the case."
He added that Sonam should be punished as she has already confessed to the crime.
"She (Sonam) has confessed to her crime, so now punishment should be given. The police have taken our statements. If the police call us to Shillong, we will go," Govind said.
This comes after a district and sessions court in Meghalaya's Shillong on Saturday, sent Sonam Raghuvanshi and co-accused Raj Kushwaha to 13 days of judicial custody in connection with the murder case.
Superintendent of Police (SP) of East Khasi Hills district Vivek Syiem told ANI that Raghuvanshi and Kushwaha have been remanded to 13-day judicial custody.
Assistant Public Prosecutor Tushar Chanda also said the accused have been remanded to judicial custody since the police didn't ask for custody.
"The court has remanded both the accused for 13 days of judicial custody. The police did not ask for custody. The Investigating Officer pleaded for judicial custody. The court granted 13-day judicial custody," Chanda told ANI.
So far, 8 accused have been arrested in connection with the murder of Raja Raghuvanshi, a newlywed who had come to the state on his honeymoon.
Those arrested include his wife, Sonam Raghuvanshi, and four others: Akash Rajput, Vishal Singh Chauhan, Raj Singh Kushwaha, and Anand.
Raja Raghuvanshi's body was found in a gorge near Sohra (Cherrapunji) on June 2. Sonam was later found near a roadside dhaba along the Varanasi-Ghazipur highway. (ANI)