SHILLONG: Raja Raghuvanshi was murdered in the fourth attempt by his wife Sonam and three other assailants between Guwahati and Sohra, police said on Thursday after interrogating the five accused, who have all confessed to the murder of the Indore transporter.“Though we want more about how actually the whole murder took place, she said that she was forced to marry Raja, which she said was the reason,” East Khasi Hills superintendent of police Vivek Syiem said.“As of now at this juncture it is very clear that it is a love angle which has happened. Raj is the mastermind,” Syiem said, adding that all the five accused _Sonam, Vishal Chauhan, Raj Kushwaha, Akash Rajput and Anand Kurmi _ said the plan was hatched in Indore 11 days before Raja and Sonam’s wedding.“They were all friends and one of them was Raj’s cousin. It was not a contract killing. They committed the crime as a favour to Raj,” said the SP.“They wanted to get rid of Raja in various places. First, they tried to eliminate him somewhere in Guwahati, which did not materialize. They then wanted to eliminate him in Nongriat. But they didn’t find a place to dispose the body. They then wanted to do it between Mawalakhyat and Weisawdong but that also didn’t happen. Finally, they did it in Weisawdong falls,” the SP said.Investigations revealed how the suspects planned Sonam’s disappearance back in February, way before Raja and Sonam tied the knot.The three people involved in the crime arrived in Guwahati way before Sonam did, the SP said. “The initial plan was to eliminate Raja in Guwahati itself. Since they were unable to execute the plan in Guwahati, Sonam decided to travel to Shillong and then to Sohra. Later, they decided to execute the plan in Nongriat,” Vivek Syiem said.“All the accused took turns to hack Raja Raghuvanshi. Then they threw the body into the gorge. They left the place immediately after. Akash discarded his shirt and put on the raincoat Sonam was wearing.”The police claimed that in February Sonam and Raj had initially thought of ways where Sonam would disappear and probably escape the marriage with Raja. “One plan was to make her get washed by ariver. Another plan was murder somebody, put it on a scooty and burn that person’s body and later claim to be that of Sonam’s,” the SP said. But when these ideas could not be implemented, they focussed on eliminating Raja after the wedding, police said.