3 min readJaipurUpdated: Feb 6, 2026 04:13 AM IST
On the face of it, it looked like a hit-and-run robbery. On January 30, a newly-wed couple lay by the roadside, seemingly stripped of their gold — suggesting they had been run over and robbed by a passing vehicle.
What unfolded over the next few days allegedly revealed an unhappy marriage, a web of lies and, at its centre, a murder conspiracy that harks back to last year’s Meghalaya honeymoon case.
On February 3, police arrested Anjali, 23, her alleged lover Sanjay alias Sanju, 25, and two others, Rohit alias Rocky, 20, and Badal alias Siddharth 20, for allegedly planning the murder of 27-year-old private school teacher Ashish Kumar. Police said the murder was plotted by Ashish’s wife Anjali, who had recently rekindled her relationship with Sanjay and wanted her husband out of the way.
According to the police, Ashish was found dead on a road passing through village 01 KLM in the Rawla police station area. Lying nearby was his wife Anjali, whom he had married three months earlier.
A video from the wedding ceremony of 27-year-old private school teacher Ashish Kumar and Anjali. According to police, Ashish was found dead on a road. Lying nearby was his wife, whom he had married three months earlier.
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While Ashish was declared dead on arrival at the nearest hospital, Anjali, who was taken to a hospital in Bikaner, told her family that her husband had been run over by an unknown vehicle while the couple were out for a post-dinner walk.
Police, however, grew suspicious after the postmortem revealed that Ashish had been beaten with sticks and strangled. SHO, Rawla police station, Balwant Singh said Anjali was unhappy with her marriage and had returned to her parents’ home days after the wedding, where she allegedly reconnected with Sanjay. The two then plotted the murder, after which Anjali returned to her husband’s home to carry out the plan.
On the night of January 30, Ashish and Anjali went out for a walk. As planned, Sanjay arrived with two friends and hid in bushes about 200 metres from Ashish’s house. When the couple reached a secluded stretch of the road, the accused allegedly attacked Ashish with sticks.
Ashish was killed on the spot, police said. To make the crime appear like a robbery, Anjali allegedly handed over Ashish’s mobile phone and earrings to the other accused and then pretended to faint at the scene.
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“Sustained questioning and evidence collected from the spot exposed the conspiracy. Ashish, who had joined a private school as a teacher just three days before his death, lived with his parents and other family members,” Balwant Singh said.
In June 2025, Sonam Raghuvanshi, a 24-year-old Indore resident was arrested in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly conspiring to murder her husband Raja Raghuvanshi, 28, during their honeymoon in Meghalaya. Police allege Sonam hired contract killers, including her lover Raj Singh Kushwaha.
