India, March 27 -- A woman in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut allegedly threatened to cut her husband into pieces and seal him in a drum if he did not change his behaviour, The Times of India reported.

The incident comes days after the sensational murder of a merchant navy officer, Saurabh Rajput (29), who was hacked to death and sealed in a drum with cement by his wife Muskaan Rastogi and her lover Sahil Shukla in Meerut. Both the accused have been lodged in Chaudhary Charan Singh district jail since March 19 after a court sent the duo to judicial custody for 14 days.

Police said the man, identified as Bablu Kumar, is an alcoholic. The incident was reported from Meerut's Kanker Khera region when a Kumar approached the local police station after...