India, March 21 -- A new occult angle has emerged in the chilling Meerut murder as the family of the deceased, Saurabh Rajput, claimed that Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla killed him because they were involved in superstitious activities.

Renu Devi, Saurabh Rajput's mother, claimed Rajput's wife Muskaan and her lover, Sahil, were into occult practices. "They killed my son by performing tantric rituals," she said.

Kavita and Pramod Rastogi, Muskaan's parents, said Sahil kept their daughter captive using occult rituals.

Saurabh Rajput was allegedly drugged and then stabbed to death by his wife and her lover on March 4. They dismembered his body and sealed it inside a drum with cement.

Renu Devi said Sahil used to dominate Muskaan's mind...