India, March 21 -- MEERUT The gruesome murder of merchant navy officer Saurabh Rajput, 29, allegedly by his wife Muskan Rastogi, 27, and her lover Sahil Shukla, 27, in Meerut, has unraveled a tale of betrayal, meticulous planning, cold-blooded execution and a psyche teetering on the edge of obsession and delusion.

After hours of interrogating the accused before they were sent to jail on Wednesday, the police found that the seeds of the murder plot were sown in November 2024, when Muskan and Sahil, driven by a shared desire to eliminate Saurabh from their lives, began crafting their 'deadly scheme'. To ensure their plan was foolproof, the duo scouted villages, posing as curious onlookers, to identify spots where dead animals were buried -...