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Meerut Court Sentences Pair to Death in Brutal Blue Drum Murder Case
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Moneycontrol•14-10-2026, 18:05
Meerut Court Sentences Pair to Death in Brutal Blue Drum Murder Case
- •A Meerut court sentenced Muskan Rastogi and her lover Sahil Shukla to death for murdering Rastogi's husband, Saurabh Rajput.
- •District Judge Arvind Kumar Mishra referenced the Bhagavad Gita while pronouncing the sentence, emphasizing that punishing wrongdoers is part of dharma.
- •The brutal murder involved drugging Rajput, stabbing him to death, dismembering his body, and sealing the parts inside a blue drum filled with concrete and sand.
- •The accused fled to Himachal Pradesh after the crime and attempted to cover up the murder by sending messages from the victim's phone to his family.
- •The sensational crime came to light on March 17, 2025, when suspicious relatives visited the couple's home with local authorities.
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A Meerut court sentenced Muskan Rastogi and her lover, Sahil Shukla, to death for the murder of Rastogi's husband, Saurabh Rajput.
Muskan Rastogi mixed sedatives into her husband's food, after which Sahil Shukla arrived and they stabbed him to death. They dismembered his body in the bathroom, packed the parts into a blue industrial drum, filled it with a concrete and sand mixture, and sealed it before fleeing.
While pronouncing the death sentence, the judge referenced the Bhagavad Gita and the Mahabharata, emphasizing that delivering punishment to wrongdoers is a core part of dharma and upholding justice.
