Indore tourist murder case: Country-made pistol, ammunition recovered in SIT raid

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaJune 25, 2025

East Khasi Hills Superintendent of Police Vivek Syiem on Wednesday informed that a country-made pistol with two magazines and two .32 ammunition was recovered by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) from a stream.

The recovery was made on the leading of the accused Silome James, who was arrested for destruction of evidence related to the murder of Indore tourist Raja Raghuvanshi at Sohra, he said.

Additionally, Rs 50,000 was recovered from his i10 car bearing registration number MP09WG 2352. The cash was found in a laptop bag belonging to Raj, which was burnt.

The laptop, reportedly thrown by the roadside, could not be found, the SP added.

Syiem had informed that Silome, who is a property dealer who rented out a flat to Vishal Singh Chauhan, one of the main accused in the case along with two others – Balia Ahirwar, who is a security guard posted at the apartment complex where the flat is located and Lokendra Singh Tomar, a resident of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh and landlord of a flat at Dewas Naka where Sonam Raghuvanshi, the prime accused in the murder case, had taken shelter while hiding in Indore will be brought to Shillong on Thursday for further interrogation.