India, June 12 -- A young man's brutal murder during his honeymoon in Meghalaya has shocked the country, not just for its gruesome details, but also for how strikingly it mirrors one of Bengaluru's most chilling crimes from over two decades ago.

Raja Raghuvanshi, who had recently tied the knot, was allegedly killed by his wife, Sonam, during what was supposed to be a celebratory trip to the Northeast.

Days after his decomposing body was recovered from a gorge near a waterfall in Meghalaya's Sohra region, Sonam surrendered to the police in Uttar Pradesh. Investigators say the murder was premeditated and possibly carried out with the help of hired killers, a plot similar to Bengaluru's infamous 2003 "Ring Road Murder" case.

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