Shocking details are coming in the murder of a merchant navy officer in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut. Saurabh Rajput’s wife Muskaan Rastogi had been allegedly plotting the crime since November 2024.
Saurabh Rajput, 29, a former merchant navy officer, returned home on February 24 from London to celebrate the birthdays of his wife and daughter. Just over a week later, he fell victim to a conspiracy, his body was dismembered and sealed in cement inside a drum.
Muskaan was allegedly aided by her lover, 25-year-old Sahil Shukla.
The duo planned the murder, from purchasing weapons and sedatives to scouting disposal sites, according to police. In 2019, their relationship rekindled through a school WhatsApp group, which quickly turned into an affair, according to PTI.
The affair led to Muskaan planning to leave Saurabh and marry Sahil instead. Muskaan and Sahil saw Saurabh as an obstacle in their relationship and decided to kill him, according to the police.
According to a report by NDTV, The murder plan of Saurabh Rajput was hatched by his wife Muskaan Rastogi, who convinced her boyfriend Sahil Shukla that his mother was speaking to him through Snapchat from beyond the grave, according to NDTV.
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