Meerut murder case: Accused woman’s parents seek death penalty

A woman from Meerut allegedly stabbed her husband to death with the help of her lover; his body was dismembered and sealed inside a drum.

A shocking incident made headlines recently involving a woman who, with the help of her lover, allegedly killed her husband. They dismembered his body and sealed the pieces inside a drum. The accused, Muskan Rastogi, has been arrested for the alleged killing.

The parents of the accused woman want the death penalty for their daughter.

The parents of accused Muskan Rastogi, who allegedly murdered her husband with the help of her lover before chopping his body parts and sealing them inside a drum, want their daughter to be hanged to death. Speaking to NDTV, Muskan’s mother, Kavita Rastogi, said that her daughter came to meet her parents after returning from Shimla. According to her mother, Muskan confessed to the murder of her husband, Saurabh Rajput. Muskan’s parents, with teary eyes, demanded capital punishment, adding that she “lost the right to live”.

What did Muskan’s mother say to the media?

Her mother told NDTV, “Saurabh was “blindly in love” with Muskaan. Our daughter was the problem. She got him separated from his family. And she has now done this.” The Rastogis support Muskan’s in-laws, saying they got Muskan arrested. Kavita Rastogi said, “They should get justice. He (Saurabh) put everything at stake and left his parents, their property worth crores. And she got him (killed). He was our son, too.”

Muskan’s parents reveal that Muskan and her lover Sahil were into drugs.

Muskan’s mother alleged that her daughter and her lover, Sahil Shukla, were into drugs and killed her husband Saurabh because he would have stopped their meet-ups. She added, “When he left for London, we told him she could stay with us. Muskaan didn’t want to because she did not want restrictions. And Saurabh supported her.”

Saurabh Rajput had gone missing on March 4. His wife and her lover allegedly murdered him, and his body was dismembered and sealed inside a drum with cement. His mortal remains have been sent for post-mortem, and a case has been registered based on a complaint lodged by his family, said the police to PTI.