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Meerut murder post-mortem report discloses chilling details

Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla were arrested for killing Saurabh Rajput

Meerut: The autopsy of Saurabh Rajput, who was allegedly murdred by his wife and her paramour in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, revealed the chilling details of the gruesome murder. The Ex-merchant navy officer's head was severed, his hands were cut off at the wrists and his legs were bent backwards, suggesting an attempt by the accussed to fit the his body in a drum. 

The cause of his death was attributed to shock and excessive bleeding.

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The 29-year-old was allegedly drugged and then stabbed to death in the first week of March before his body was chopped off into multiple peices and sealed in a drum with cement.

After committing the crime, then went on a vacation to Himachal Pradesh, all the while misleading Saurabh Rajput's family by sending them messages from his phone.

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The matter came to light  on March 18, following which Muskan and Sahil Shukla were arrested.

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