Meerut killing: Police Plan Trial in Fast-Track Court

The Uttar Pradesh Police Saturday said they plan to take the Saurabh Rajput murder case to a fast-track court while a post-mortem revealed the extreme brutality with which he was killed and the body dismembered allegedly by his wife and her lover.

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MEERUT:

Rajput's head was severed from the body, both hands were cut off from the wrist and his legs were bent backwards, suggesting an attempt to fit the body in a drum, the autopsy report disclosed. The cause of death has been attributed to shock and excessive bleeding.

After the murder, Muskan Rastogi and her lover Sahil Shukla travelled to Himachal Pradesh's Kasol on March 10 and checked into a hotel by introducing themselves as husband and wife. They left on March 16, the hotel operator said, adding the accused duo's driver accompanied them.