'Puncture in heart, head severed, hands cut off, legs bent backwards': Autopsy reveals savagery of killing in Meerut murder

The post-mortem report of former merchant navy officer Saurabh Rajput has exposed the horrific brutality of his murder in which the body was dismembered reportedly by his wife Muskan Rastogi and her lover Sahil Shukla.

The report revealed that Rajput's head was severed, his hands were cut off at the wrist and his legs were bent backward, suggesting an attempt to fit the body in a drum. The cause of death was identified as shock and excessive bleeding, as per the reported by PTI.

According to police, Rajput was drugged and then fatally stabbed on March 4, after which his body was dismembered and sealed in a cement-filled drum. Meanwhile, Muskan and Sahil misled his family by sending messages from his phone while vacationing in Himachal Pradesh. The crime came to light on March 18, leading to their arrest.