Meerut murder case: The mother of the accused appeals to children to never hide anything from parents

Members of the deceased said that Muskan Rastogi and her lover killed Saurabh, her husband, to perform occult rituals.

Muskan Rastogi, along with her lover, Sahil Shukla, killed her husband Saurabh Rajput, dismembering his body and sealing the pieces in a drum. Now, the deceased’s family say that Muskan and her lover killed Saurabh to perform occult rituals on him.

Muskan Rastogi’s mother appeals to children.

Kavita, mother of Muskan Rastogi, on Friday said that her daughter wouldn’t have been in jail had she not “hid a lot of things” from her parents. She appealed to all children to “never hide anything” from their parents. Muskan and her alleged lover Sahil Shukla allegedly murdered SaurabhRajput, a merchant navy officer, as they thought he could come in between them, their relationship and drug abuse. They chopped his body, put it in the drum and poured cement over it to hide their alleged crime. Muskan confessed to the murder of her husband and surrendered to the police. Her mother claimed that Muskan lost 10 kg of body weight in two years. She told ANI, “I want to tell all the children out there that never hide anything from your parents. My child has committed a big mistake. I used to ask her continuously what the problem was, but she kept losing weight; she had lost 10 kg in 2 years. She hid a lot of things from us, and that’s why she is in jail today. We have no idea if she was brainwashed or did drugs…had she shared something with us, she wouldn’t have been in this condition.”

Muskan’s father says he asked her to reveal the whole truth.

Muskan’s father, Pramod, said that she confessed to the crime. He said, “While we were going to the police station, I stopped the scooter and spoke to her and told her to tell me the truth…then she confessed the truth that she and her friend together killed her husband, they put his body in a drum and placed cement on top of it. I took her to the Police station and asked her to tell the truth… that’s how the case got solved. The verdict, in this case, should come fast, and I don’t want anything less than capital punishment for her.”

Saurabh Rajput’s family claim Muskan and her lover killed their son to perform occult rituals.

The deceased’s mother told PTI, “Both Muskaan and Sahilwere into occult practices. They killed my son by performing tantric rituals. Sahil’s occult practices dominated Muskan’s mind in such a way that she started keeping her six-year-old daughter away. Sahil had made Muskan an addict and completely superstitious.”