Shillong (Meghalaya) [India], June 8 (ANI): Meghalaya Minister Alexander Laloo Hek on Sunday emphasised the state's commitment to justice in the case of the missing Indore couple, Raja Raghuvanshi and his wife, Sonam, stating that while the Meghalaya Police is capable, the family's demand for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe is acceptable if they lack confidence in the local investigation.

Hek noted the state's peace-loving ethos and its readiness to ensure justice amid the growing demand to transfer the case of CBI by the couple's family members.

'If you have lost confidence in the investigation being conducted by the Meghalaya Police, you can approach the central agencies or even international agencies. We do not have any problem. We just want justice and never tolerate injustice,' Hek stated.

'Everyone who is from Meghalaya is known for its peace-loving culture... There might be some isolated incidents, but every citizen of Meghalaya has advocated for peace in the state and in the country... If you believe in the state police, then the state police can also do the job. If they don't have any belief, they can go to a central or international agency... We just want justice to prevail,' he added.

On Friday, the family of Raja Raghuvanshi, a newlywed from Madhya Pradesh's Indore whose body was found in a gorge near Cherrapunji in Meghalaya, wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting a CBI inquiry into the matter.

Raja Raghuvanshi and his wife, Sonam, went missing during their honeymoon in the northeastern state. The couple was last seen on May 23.

Later, on June 2, Raja's body was found in a gorge at Sohrarim near Cherrapunji in Meghalaya, while Sonam is still missing, and the search operation to trace her continues.

Speaking to ANI, Raja Raghuvanshi's brother, Vipul Raghuvanshi, said, 'We have written a letter to the Prime Minister requesting a CBI inquiry and submitted it at the commissioner's office. We want the PM and the Chief Minister to extend support to us, and the CBI investigation should be conducted into the matter. It could bring justice to Raja and make finding Sonam easier. The way the Meghalaya police are working on this case, they won't bring justice to Raja.' (ANI)