The murder was executed by Akash Singh Rajput, Vishal Singh Chouhan, and Anand Kurmi in the presence of Sonam at Arliang Riat Kunongrim, Umblai near Wei Sawdong.
With these two arrests, the number of arrested accused in the case has reached seven.
The three-member team of the Meghalaya Police that is camping in Indore for the past few days, arrested Indore resident Shilom James today.
Raja Raghuvanshi, who was in Meghalaya for his honeymoon with his wife Sonam Raghuvanshi, was brutally killed in serene Weisawdong by three men in a chilling plot allegedly orchestrated by his spouse and her suspected lover and co-accused Raj Kushwaha.
“We want a narco test on Sonam, her parents, her brother Govind, and her sister-in-law," Raja's elder brother Vipin Raghuvanshi told some media persons in Indore.
As per the reports, Sonam paid the hitmen using a bank account that was registered in the name of Jitendra Raghuvanshi.
Police believe Sonam conspired with her suspected lover Raj Kushwaha to kill her husband.
On Tuesday, the police produced Anand Kurmi – the fourth accused arrested from Basahari village in Bina, Madhya Pradesh – in an Indore court, which approved his transit custody till June 16 and handed him to the Meghalaya Police.
It was that murder weapon that indicated foul play, prompting police to extend their investigation across state lines.
She also denied having any knowledge about Raj Kushwaha, one of the accused arrested by the police, and with whom Sonam was allegedly talking on the phone.
