India, June 10 -- Two weeks ago, Indore newlyweds Raja Raghuvanshi and Sonam Raghuvanshi vanished from a homestay after visiting the scenic living root bridges of Meghalaya. A week ago, 29-year-old Raja's decomposed body was recovered from a nearby gorge. And on Monday, 25-year-old Sonam turned up at a roadside eatery in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district - more than 1,200km away - and was arrested for her husband's murder.

Meghalaya Police said Sonam Raghuvanshi allegedly conspired with her boyfriend Raj Kushwaha to hire three other men to kill her husband Raja, a businessman, during their honeymoon, nearly two weeks after their wedding.

Meghalaya director general of police, I Nongrang, said that Sonam surrendered before Nandganj police...