In Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, Muskaan (also known as Shubhi) and her schoolmate-turned-lover Sahil allegedly murdered Muskaan's husband, Saurabh, who had returned from London. According to investigative reports and statements from Muskaan's parents, Saurabh was drugged with laced food, stabbed in the chest, dismembered, and sealed inside a blue plastic drum filled with cement in Meerut's Brahmpuri area on or around March 4, 2025. Muskaan initially covered up the disappearance by sending false phone messages claiming Saurabh was partying. After returning home, she initially blamed Saurabh's family before confessing to her parents on a scooter ride, whereupon her parents turned her in to the Brahmpuri police. Muskaan and Sahil were arrested on March 19, 2025. Subsequent investigations revealed themes of extramarital affair, drug dependency, occult fixation (including inquiries into 'Karn Pishachini' and demon art), and property/financial motives. On April 7, 2025, jail medical checks confirmed Muskaan was pregnant, sparking legal procedure surrounding inmate healthcare, DNA paternity testing, and a family custody dispute over Saurabh and Muskaan's 6-year-old daughter, Pihu.
Country: India
State/Province: Uttar Pradesh, India
City/Region: Meerut
Incident Type: Murder
Relationship Status: Married
Relationship Duration: Approximately 6 years
Incident Date: March 4, 2025
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Approximately 6 years
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2025-03-04
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Infidelity
The incident reflects a classic extramarital escalation pattern combined with severe substance dependency and financial conflict. Muskaan reconnected with her former 8th-grade classmate Sahil online while her husband Saurabh was working abroad in London. Over two years of separate living, Muskaan became deeply involved in drug use provided by Sahil and developed financial disputes with her husband. When Saurabh returned and attempted to curb her illicit activities, Muskaan and Sahil plotted to eliminate him to retain full rights to his property and continue their lifestyle, utilizing drugging, stabbing, and gruesome dismemberment concealed in a cement drum.
Police arrested Muskaan and Sahil on March 19, 2025, after Muskaan's parents turned her in at Brahmpuri police station following her verbal confession. Investigators recovered Saurabh's dismembered body from a cement-filled blue plastic drum, along with the murder knife. Forensic evidence, Section 161 CrPC witness statements, location tracking, and Snapchat messages were compiled for a comprehensive chargesheet. On April 7, 2025, jail doctors confirmed Muskaan was pregnant, leading to scheduled ultrasound tests and DNA paternity profiling. Additionally, a custody conflict emerged over 6-year-old daughter Pihu between maternal and paternal grandparents.
Initial confusion arose when Muskaan falsely claimed to her mother that Saurabh's own family members had come and murdered him in front of her with a knife to her throat. This narrative collapsed when her parents questioned the physical feasibility and confronted her. Further analytical confusion surrounded whether occult fixations ('Karn Pishachini', Baphomet artwork, ritual sacrifices) served as an actual motive or merely psychological incitement overlaying financial greed and drug addiction.
On March 4, 2025, Muskaan mixed intoxicating pills into Saurabh's food. Once he fell unconscious, she summoned Sahil. The duo stabbed Saurabh in the chest, dragged him to the bathroom, dismembered his body, placed the parts into a blue plastic drum, and poured cement over them. They then fled to Himachal Pradesh before returning. Muskaan maintained a facade by sending status messages from Saurabh's phone claiming he was busy partying. On March 18, after returning home distressed, Muskaan confessed under parental questioning, leading to her arrest and body recovery.
Key risk indicators included prolonged long-distance separation, secret extramarital communication, heavy drug addiction, financial tension, refusal to open locked home doors when family attempted intervention, and explicit inquiries into occult 'Plan B' mechanisms. These behavioral and lifestyle red flags rapidly escalated into premeditated murder upon the victim's physical return.
Severe drug dependency and unaddressed extramarital betrayals during long-distance marriages present extreme homicide risks. Early parental awareness of radical behavior changes, weight loss, or occult fixations should prompt immediate protective steps and law enforcement notification rather than passive monitoring.
Significant weight loss, extreme emotional distance, refusal to unlock apartment doors during family visits, continuous phone monitoring by the victim from abroad, secret drug use, and strange inquiries into occult practices like Karn Pishachini.
Excuses made on phone calls regarding Saurabh being at parties or discos, status updates sent from the victim's phone after his death, Muskaan crying on a video call on March 18, and her final verbal confession to her parents during a scooter ride.
The blue plastic drum containing dismembered body parts encased in cement, the recovered murder knife, forensic DNA profiling, location data placing both suspects at the scene, Snapchat text records ('vadh करना है'), and Section 161 CrPC witness statements.
Muskaan's mother and father testified that Muskaan confessed to drugging and killing Saurabh with Sahil because Saurabh was an obstacle to their drug access and relationship. Muskaan's father stated he took her straight to Brahmpuri police station and demanded she be hanged for her crime. Dr. Komal confirmed Muskaan tested positive on a urine pregnancy test during a jail medical check.
Follow-up jail updates revealed Muskaan's unexpected pregnancy, introducing mandatory jail manual health protocols, planned ultrasound examinations, upcoming court-mandated DNA paternity testing, and an ongoing legal dispute over the custody of 6-year-old daughter Pihu.
The precise paternity of Muskaan's unborn child (pending formal DNA testing), the location and contents of Muskaan's alleged hidden diary detailing 'Plan B', and the final judicial determination of legal custody for Pihu.