NEW DELHI: In India’s darkest corners, love stories have twisted into gruesome murder horrors. Behind closed doors, betrayal and extramarital affairs have ignited savage rage—leading to brutal strangulations, savage stabbing and chilling dismemberments.Husbands and wives have been hacked to pieces, their bodies chopped, burnt and scattered, as cold-blooded killers try to erase every trace of their gruesome crimes in a nightmare of violence and deception.From the hills of Meghalaya to the urban chaos of Bengaluru, these stories reveal the deadly extremes of passion and revenge — where the sanctity of marriage is shattered by poison, knives and betrayal.Meghalaya murder: A Sonam Raghuvanshi betrayalRaja Raghuvanshi was brutally hacked to death during his honeymoon in Meghalaya, suffering multiple deep head wounds from a sharp weapon.
His wife, Sonam, was arrested along with three men who confessed to being hired killers. The couple had recently gone missing during their trip, their abandoned scooter found near a waterfall gorge where Raja’s body was later discovered beside a machete. Police believe that Sonam had an extramarital affair and allegedly orchestrated the murder to eliminate her husband.When the techie hacks life in BengaluruIn South Bengaluru, Harini R, a 33-year-old married woman, was found stabbed thirteen times in a hotel room. Police arrested her lover, Yashas, who admitted to the crime after attempting to injure himself.
Harini had been in an extramarital relationship with Yashas for several years, which her family had tried to end.The night of the murder, after meeting at a hotel, Harini expressed her wish to end the affair, triggering Yashas to kill her in a violent outburst.When pressure turns deadly: Bengaluru techie Atul Subash caseAtul Subhash, a techie embroiled in a bitter divorce and child custody dispute, ended his life by hanging.
The software engineer left behind a detailed video and notes describing mental and emotional harassment by his estranged wife and her family, exposing the dark side of matrimonial disputes and the toll on mental health.Meerut murder: Muskan Rastogi’s deceptionSaurabh Rajput, returning from London to surprise his wife, was poisoned and then gruesomely murdered by Muskan Rastogi and her lover Sahil Shukla.
The couple dismembered his body, sealed it in cement inside a plastic drum, and tried to cover up the crime with false messages sent from his phone.Delhi suicide: Businessman Puneet Khurana’s last standFound hanging in his home, Puneet Khurana’s death revealed alleged mental torture by his wife and in-laws amid a contentious divorce.
Family members presented evidence of prolonged harassment and hacking of Puneet’s social media, highlighting the pressures behind his end.Haryana YouTuber killer: The bike ride of deathPraveen was strangled to death by his wife, Ravina—a YouTuber—and her lover after he discovered their affair.
To dispose of the body, the couple transported it on a bike and dumped it in a drain. CCTV footage showed suspicious movements, and Ravina’s confession led to her arrest.Rajasthan horror: The throat-slit murder plotJanta and her boyfriend Bashir conspired to kill her husband Mastan by luring him to a remote place, intoxicating him, and slitting his throat.
They attempted to frame a co-worker of Janta to divert suspicion. The motive: to be together, freed from Mastan’s presence. Police investigations confirmed Bashir as the killer and Janta as the planner.UP Auraiya shocker: Newlywed husband shot deadBarely two weeks into marriage, Pragati paid a contract killer to murder her husband Dilip, who was shot and left to die in a field. Pragati conspired with her lover Anurag, using part of her wedding cash to pay for the hit.
The couple’s illicit affair and inability to escape the arranged marriage led to this deadly conspiracy.Karnataka beauty parlour murder: Poison and smotheringPrathima, a beauty parlour owner, conspired with her lover Dileep to kill her husband Balakrishna by poisoning his food and then smothering him with a bedsheet. They staged his death as natural, but police investigations exposed the plot driven by Prathima’s desire to be with her lover. Both were arrested amid suspicions raised by family and medical reports.Bajghera murder: Wife and neighbours kill taxi driverSweety from Jhajjar grew suspicious of her husband Joginder’s relationship with another woman. Fearing she’d lose him and his property, she conspired with her best friend Kamlesh and six neighbours to murder Joginder.
Inspired by TV crime shows, the group planned the killing over two months. While Joginder was asleep, they smothered him with a pillow and beat him with sticks and iron rods inside their Sheetla Colony home. Sweety kept guard as they stuffed the body into a plastic bag and dumped it in a Bajghera drain. Days later, Sweety filed a missing person’s complaint. Police uncovered the plot after finding the body and a motorbike used to transport it. Sweety and all accomplices were arrested.Faridabad murder: Woman and lover held for killing husbandRanjita, 32, and her lover Vijay Narayana, 33, were arrested for the murder of Ranjita’s husband, Rakesh. Ranjita told police Rakesh was abusive when drunk, leading her to plot his killing with Vijay. Vijay gave Rakesh sedative-laced liquor, and after he passed out, strangled him with a muffler in Sector-56. They dumped the body in a nearby drain. Rakesh’s family filed a missing person report after he failed to return home. Police investigation, aided by Vijay’s confession, led to the arrests.Shraddha Walkar murder: Boyfriend dismembers live-in partnerShraddha Walkar, 27, was murdered by her 28-year-old live-in boyfriend, Aaftab Amin Poonawala, in Delhi. After an argument, Aaftab strangled Shraddha to death.
To conceal the crime, he dismembered her body into 35 pieces, allegedly burning her face to hide her identity. He stored the body parts in a fridge and disposed of them in the Chhatarpur forest over several weeks, dumping pieces at night to avoid suspicion. The case came to light months later when Shraddha’s father filed a missing person’s complaint, leading to Aaftab’s arrest.A clash of loyalties: Nikki Yadav caseNikki Yadav was killed by her husband, Sahil Gehlot, over a dispute regarding an arranged marriage planned by Sahil’s family.
Married in 2020, Nikki was reportedly against Sahil’s impending wedding to another woman. Unable to convince her, Sahil murdered Nikki and concealed her body in a fridge. Sahil, along with his father, cousins, and friends, were arrested after police uncovered a criminal conspiracy. The accused face charges including murder, evidence tampering, and criminal conspiracy.The Pooja story: Betrayed and stabbedPooja, a divorced mother of two, developed a relationship with taxi driver Mustaq Ahmed, who worked between Gurgaon and Udham Singh Nagar.
After moving in together, their relationship soured when Mustaq secretly married another woman. Following a heated conflict and failed mediation attempts, Mustaq stabbed Pooja to death near Nandanahar village. He wrapped her body in a bedsheet and dumped it under a bridge. Police recovered her decapitated body but are still searching for her head. Mustaq fled but was later arrested and brought to Gurgaon to face murder charges.Manesar horror: A chopping tragedyA gruesome murder case unfolded in Manesar, Gurgaon, when the half-burnt torso of a woman was discovered inside a farm room. The victim, a 30-year-old woman, was found mutilated—her head missing and hands severed. The torso was spotted by the farm owner, Umed Singh, after a neighbour noticed smoke coming from one of the rooms.Further police investigations revealed that the chopped hands and the missing head were found separately in nearby Kherki Daula. Police arrested Jitender, the victim’s 34-year-old husband and a resident of Gandhi Nagar living in Manesar on rent. During interrogation, Jitender reportedly confessed to murdering his wife and trying to destroy evidence by burning and dismembering her body.Where love twists into betrayalThese chilling cases expose the darkest depths of human emotions—where love twists into betrayal, and passion erupts into violence. Behind every headline lies a tragic tale of trust broken and lives destroyed, reminding us that the façade of marriage and relationships can sometimes conceal deadly secrets.
