India, March 19 -- A woman, along with her lover, allegedly murdered and dismembered her 32-year-old husband in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut before going on a trip to Shimla, investigators said on Wednesday.

The alleged killers, Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla, chopped the body of the deceased, Saurabh Rajput, into 15 pieces and hid them inside a drum sealed with cement, officials said.

Rajput and Rastogi got married in 2016 and had a five-year-old daughter, Pihu. The two lived in Indiranagar's Master colony in Brahmpuri.

Troubles came up in their marital life when Rajput got a job at a mall in London in 2020 and had to leave his wife and daughter behind in Meerut. He later joined service in the merchant navy there.

In his absence, Rastogi ...