Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla, accused of murdering Muskan’s husband Saurabh Rajput, fled to Himachal Pradesh after the crime. They presented themselves as a married couple and maintained a low profile. Authorities arrested them after Muskan’s father compelled her to confess. The murder involved dismembering the body and sealing it in a cement-filled drum.
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