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Blue Drum Murder Case: Wife And Male Friend Sentenced To Death
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News18•14-10-2026, 18:08
Blue Drum Murder Case: Wife And Male Friend Sentenced To Death
- •A Meerut court has sentenced Muskan and her male friend Sahil to death for the brutal murder of her husband, naval officer Saurabh Rajput.
- •Saurabh Rajput was murdered after he unexpectedly returned home from London and caught his wife Muskan and Sahil together.
- •The accused chopped the body, packed it inside a blue drum, sealed it with cement, and fled on a holiday to Himachal Pradesh.
- •Neighbors alerted the police after noticing a foul smell, leading to the recovery of the body and the subsequent arrest of the culprits.
- •The trial spanned 13 months with 126 hearings and 22 witnesses before the court pronounced the death sentence on September 30.
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A Meerut court sentenced Muskan and her male friend Sahil to death for the murder of naval officer Saurabh Rajput.
After discovering Muskan and Sahil together, they stabbed Saurabh Rajput to death, dismembered his body, packed it into a blue drum filled with water, and sealed it with cement.
Saurabh Rajput was murdered on March 3, 2025, after he returned home unexpectedly from London to surprise his wife for her birthday.
