Love turns fatal: Merchant Navy officer killed by wife and her lover; body sealed in drum

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Uttar Pradesh, March 19, 2025: A woman from Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut, along with her lover, allegedly stabbed her Merchant Navy Officer husband to death, chopped his body into 15 pieces, and sealed the remains in a drum filled with cement, police said on Tuesday.

Police said the woman, Muskan, and her lover, Sahil, were arrested after the body was recovered.

The crime was unearthed in Indira Nagar due to a foul smell and information about Saurabh Rajput (29), a merchant navy, going missing on March 4 was received. An investigation was launched upon receiving information about the matter, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ayush Vikram Singh said.

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On the basis of suspicion, police detained his wife Muskan (27), and her lover, Sahil (25), he said.

During interrogation, the two confessed to stabbing Saurabh to death on March 4. The two then chopped up his body, placed the remains in a drum, and sealed it with cement, he added.

The body has been sent for post-mortem, and a case has been registered based on a complaint from Saurabh’s family.

The accused have been arrested, the officer said.

According to the victim’s family, Muskan attempted to mislead them by sending messages from Saurabh’s phone.

After committing the crime, she allegedly went on a vacation with Sahil to a hill station, Singh said.

Police said Saurabh, from Brahmpuri’s Indranagar Phase 2, had a love marriage Muskan Rastogi from Gauripura in 2016.

Their families were reportedly unhappy with their relationship, leading the couple to live separately in a rented house in Indranagar Phase 1 with their three-year-old daughter, police added.