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Over the past few weeks, two high-profile murder cases have sparked widespread public outrage across India. In both instances, involving Muskan Rastogi and Sonam Raghuvanshi, the common thread was the killing of their husbands.
During an open discussion with NDTV, renowned lyricist and screenwriter Javed Akhtar shared his perspective on the public reaction to these specific cases, acknowledging that he has ‘mixed emotions’ about the situation. When pressed to comment on the two cases and the uproar they have triggered, Javed responded in Hindi, “I have mixed emotions on this matter. These two women got there husbands killed and the society is shaken. Then there are women who are burnt alive every other day. If not burnt alive, then the lives that they live with their husbands are worse than any death. They are beaten every day. Then the society is not outraged?”
Sonam Raghuvanshi with her hunk BF Raj!
Sonam killed her innocent husband with the help of her BF! She thought killing her husband was easier than
-telling her parents that she didn’t want to get married
– telling Raja before marriage about Raj
-eloping
– divorce
She needs to… pic.twitter.com/gncneLi2DF
— Mini (@perfectminz) June 11, 2025
Sonam killed he husband Raja Raghuvanshi (L) for Raj Kushwaha (R).
Love is truly blind 🤦 pic.twitter.com/T6e6pRFcbk
— Incognito (@Incognito_qfs) June 9, 2025
He further elaborated, “Bada besharam hai samaaj. Do auroton ne murder kiye toh chauk para aur itne barso se jo mard uspe zaarti kar rahe hain aur aaj bhi kat rahe hain uspe uski joo nahi rengti (What a shameless society! Two women were murdered, so they are shaken, but what about the years of injustice that men commit against women? No outrage on that)? If they did kill so soon after their marriage then find out whether they were forced into marriage or not. It is easy for a woman from a small town in India to say no to marriage? Can she say that?”
On June 2, the body of Raja Raghuvanshi was discovered in a deep gorge near a waterfall in the Sohra region, also known as Cherrapunji, located in the East Khasi Hills district. Sonam Raghuvanshi turned herself in to the authorities a few days later. According to police reports, Sonam collaborated with her boyfriend, Raj Kushwaha, to hire three other men to murder her husband Raja during their honeymoon, just two weeks after their wedding.
Ghazipur police arrests Sonam Raghuvanshi in joint operation with Meghalaya police. Sonam hired 4 assassins to murder her husband Raja Raghuvanshi on their honeymoon in Shillong. Congress tried to do politics in the case by demanding CBI probe. pic.twitter.com/8WlW3fyXAf
— Ankit Jain (@indiantweeter) June 9, 2025
In a separate case, Muskan Rastogi, along with her lover Sahil Shukla, allegedly stabbed her husband Saurabh Rajput to death on March 4, subsequently dismembering his body into several pieces and concealing them inside a cement-filled drum.
