UP woman went on Shimla trip after killing husband with lover

Investigators said Wednesday that a woman and her lover killed and dismembered her 32-year-old husband in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, before traveling to Shimla. The accused murderers, Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla, reportedly cut the body of the deceased Saurabh Rajput into 15 pieces and concealed them inside a cement-sealed drum.

Rajput and Rastogi were married in 2016 and had a daughter, Pihu, who is five years old. The couple lived in Indiranagar's Master colony in Brahmpuri. In 2020, Rajput had to leave his wife and children in Meerut to take a job in a mall in London, which caused problems in their marriage. There, he later enlisted in the merchant marine.

Rastogi became closer to her neighbor Shukla, a chartered accountant, while he was away, and they had an affair. Rajput learned of his wife's liaison with their neighbor in the interim. In order to celebrate his wife's birthday on February 25 and his daughter's on February 28, he had traveled back to Meerut on February 24.