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Meerut Blue Drum Murder Case: Muskan Rastogi and Lover Sentenced to Death
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Firstpost•14-10-2026, 21:33
Meerut Blue Drum Murder Case: Muskan Rastogi and Lover Sentenced to Death
- •A local court in Meerut sentenced Muskan Rastogi and her lover Sahil Shukla to death for the murder of her husband, former merchant navy officer Saurabh Rajput.
- •The horrific crime took place in March 2025, when the couple sedated Saurabh, stabbed him to death, dismembered his body, and sealed the remains inside a concrete-filled blue plastic drum.
- •The murder came to light after the couple's six-year-old daughter told neighbors that her father was inside the drum, and police eventually recovered the body on March 17, 2025.
- •Following a 13-month trial involving 126 hearings and testimony from over 22 witnesses, District and Sessions Judge Arvind Kumar Mishra convicted and sentenced the pair.
- •The death sentence is subject to confirmation by the Allahabad High Court, and the convicts still retain the right to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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A local court in Meerut sentenced Muskan Rastogi and her lover Sahil Shukla to death for the 2025 murder of merchant navy officer Saurabh Rajput.
In March 2025, Muskan laced her husband Saurabh's food with sedatives at their Meerut home, after which Sahil arrived, and the duo stabbed him to death, dismembered his body, and sealed the remains inside a blue plastic drum with a mixture of sand, water, and cement.
The death sentence handed down by the Meerut court requires confirmation from the Allahabad High Court, and the convicts retain options to appeal to the Supreme Court, file review petitions, and seek mercy pleas.
