India, June 10 -- A honeymoon in Meghalaya spiraled into a chilling murder mystery straight out of a crime thriller - a husband found dead, a wife accused of plotting his murder, her alleged lover as an accomplice, a bloodied machete believed to be the weapon, and a crucial tip from a tour guide that brought police closer to solving the case.

After recovering Raja Raghuvanshi's body on June 2 in a gorge near Weisawdong Falls in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya, the Meghalaya police made a major breakthrough in the case after a week with a series of five arrests on Monday. Among those arrested are Sonam Raghuvanshi, Raja's wife who allegedly conspired to kill him, and four men - Raj Kushwaha, Akash Rajput, Vishal Singh Chauhan, ...