A Tale Of Deceit And Murder: How Shakereh Khaleeli Was Buried Alive By The Man She Married

This is the story of Shakereh Khaleeli and Murali Manohar Mishra aka ‘Swami Shaddhanand’, which culminated in the former being buried alive in her own home in 1991.

The crime was revisited last year in the docuseries ‘Dancing on the Grave’, named thus because Khaleeli’s husband Murali Manohar Mishra held parties in the courtyard where he buried her. She was a suave, striking woman from an aristocratic family. He was reportedly a school dropout, and styled himself as a godman who could fulfil her yearning for a son. This is the story of Shakereh Khaleeli and Murali Manohar Mishra aka ‘Swami Shaddhanand’, which culminated in the

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