India, March 19 -- MEERUT A merchant navy officer was allegedly stabbed to death by his wife and her lover when he returned to Meerut for a vacation from his posting in London on March 4. The accused cut the body into 15 pieces and stored them in a drum, sealing it with cement. The next day, the woman left her six-year-old daughter at her parents' home and went to Shimla with her paramour. On her return, she confessed to her parents about the murder, said police.

Remains of the body had been recovered and the two accused - Sahil Shukla, 27, a chartered accountant, and Muskan Rastogi, 27 - were arrested. The duo allegedly mixed sedative in the victim's food to kill him without resistance.

Saurabh Rajput, 29, a resident of Brahmpuri's Ind...