Nearly 19 months after a gruesome murder left a house in Meerut sealed, the premises where merchant navy officer Saurabh Rajput was killed and his dismembered body concealed in a blue drum filled with cement will undergo a “purification” ritual after Diwali, its owner has said.
Police inventoried Saurabh’s belongings found inside and handed them over to his brother, Rahul alias Bablu. The gruesome murder came to light after the remains were discovered at the couple’s house in Meerut. Last Wednesday, in the presence of police personnel, the locks of the house, which had remained sealed for nearly 19 months after the murder, were broken open. Police arrested Muskan and Sahil on March 18, following which details of the murder emerged.
The sight of the room where the murder took place proved overwhelming for Saurabh’s family, with his mother, Renu Devi, and brother breaking down in tears upon entering it.
