Meerut Murder: Muskaan slit husband's throat after multiple rehearsals, Sahil severed his head    

Meerut murder

In another chilling revelation into the Meerut murder case that sent shockwaves throughout the country, the police have found that eight days before the crime, Saurabh Rajput's wife and prime accused Muskaan Rastogi bought two knives for Rs 800 and rehearsed how to stab multiple times, reported NDTV.

As per the report, the investigation further revealed that Muskaan was unsure of her skills with knifes, so she bought a cut-throat razor, which was later used to sever Saurabh's head from his body.

Muskaan and her lover Sahil Sukhla have been arrested for the alleged murder of her husband Saurabh Rajput at their Meerut home on March 3. The body was chopped off into 15 pieces, put into a plastic drum and buried under cement.

Saurabh's body was recovered two weeks later after Muskaan confessed to her parents and they took her to the cops. Saurabh's family had meanwhile filed a police after they could not contact him over the phone.

The investigation further releveled that both the accused were into drugs and feared that Saurabh would stop their sessions. Saurabh had known about his wife's affair and had considered divorce, but changed his mind because of his six-year-old daughter. Saurabh works in London and was visiting her daughter for her birthday.

According to the probe so far, Muskaan drugged Saurabh with sleeping pills on the night of March 3. Once he dozed off, she stabbed him thrice with a knife.

She then used the cut-throat razor to slit his throat. Sahil then severed his head from the torso using a knife, NDTV reported citing findings from the probe.

The two then chopped off the body into 15 pieces. These pieces were thrown into the drum and sealed with wet cement.

Muskan and Sahil have been lodged in Chaudhary Charan Singh district jail here since last Wednesday after a court here sent the duo to judicial custody for 14 days.