Overview

• Saurabh Rajput, a Merchant Navy officer, was murdered on March 4, 2025, by his wife Muskan Rastogi and her partner Sahil Shukla in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh.
• The accused incapacitated Saurabh with sleeping pills before stabbing him, dismembering his body, and sealing it in a drum filled with cement.
• Muskan and Sahil attempted to mislead authorities by traveling to Manali with Saurabh's phone and posting on his social media accounts.
• Saurabh's family filed a missing person complaint after not hearing from him for several days, leading to the arrest and confession of the accused.
• Police recovered Saurabh's remains 14 days after the murder, and the investigation is ongoing as the accused await court proceedings.