Meghalaya murder case: Raja Raghuvanshi and Sonam’s families were not familiar with one another and met through a matrimonial app while seeking partners for their children, the former’s cousin, Arpit, has said.

A cousin of Sonam Raghuvanhi had cleared the first tranche of payment to the three hitmen who were hired to murder her husband, Raja Raghuvanshi, in Meghalaya last month, police officers probing the case said on Thursday.

On a sweltering summer morning 50 years ago, anticipation gripped Courtroom No24 of the Allahabad High Court. The stakes couldn’t have been higher. At 10 am, Justice Jagmohan Lal Sinha delivered a landmark verdict that would change history.