Meerut (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 19 (HBTV): A woman and her partner allegedly killed her husband, dismembered his body, and sealed the body parts in a drum filled with cement in Uttar Pradesh's Indiranagar, police said on Tuesday.

According to Meerut City SP Ayush Vikram Singh, the accused have been identified as Muskan and Sahil.

'A person named Saurabh Rajput, working in the merchant navy, came home on March 4 and had been missing since then,' SP Ayush Vikram Singh told ANI.

He further stated that, based on suspicion, Saurabh's wife Muskan and her partner Sahil were called for questioning.

'During the questioning, Sahil confessed that on March 4, he and Muskan stabbed Saurabh to death. They dismembered the body, put it in a drum, and sealed it with cement. The police have recovered the body and sent it for post-mortem,' he added.

The police said that the accused, Sahil and Muskan, have been arrested and an FIR has been registered against them.

Further investigation is underway. (ANI)