Muskan-Sahil’s twisted love: Black magic, Betrayal and cement drum murder

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Muskaan & Sahil, childhood friends turned lovers, killed her husband, Saurabh. But why? They sealed Saurabh’s body in a cement drum and fled. Their 5-year-old daughter had said : "Papa is in the drum." Watch

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00:00This is them dancing in a pub in Himachal Pradesh, just days after stuffing a body into

00:11a cement drum.

00:12A video from their trip even shows Muskaan feeding Sahil cake, saying happy birthday

00:16before kissing him.

00:18Muskaan and Sahil sealed Saurabh's body in cement before fleeing to Himachal.

00:23They returned two days later and were arrested.

00:27It was her mother who turned her in.

00:43Sahil and Muskaan first met in school but reconnected at a reunion, police said.

00:48Muskaan's family said that Sahil was a drug addict and dragged her into substance abuse.

00:57Sahil and Muskaan had history, they were classmates in class 8, police said.

01:07When they met again years later, their old bond reignited into something toxic.

01:13By 2021, Saurabh had discovered the affair.

01:15The landlord even caught Muskaan and Sahil in a compromising position.

01:19Saurabh filed for divorce but his family convinced him not to go ahead with it.

01:25There were whispers of black magic.

01:27Some believe Muskaan and Sahil were influenced by occult practices.

01:31But police say it was most likely a well-planned murder.

01:40Sahil, deeply superstitious and addicted to drugs, was a recluse, living with his grandmother.

01:46His mother had passed away and his father lived in Noida.

01:49Police say Muskaan exploited his beliefs, creating fake Snapchat accounts to pose as

01:53his deceased mother, manipulating him into killing Saurabh.

01:57The murder was uncovered when their landlord's labourers found a foul-smelling drum Muskaan

02:01had dismissed as junk.

02:03Saurabh's mother claimed that her 5-year-old granddaughter knew something was wrong.

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