Meerut 'Blue Drum' Murder: Death Penalty for Muskan Rastogi, Lover Sahil for Husband's Killing
The court said the pair lured Saurabh Rajput home, then drugged, stabbed and dismembered him before dumping his body in a cement-filled drum.
- On Wednesday, a court in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut sentenced Muskan Rastogi and her lover Sahil Shukla to death for murdering her husband, Saurabh Rajput, in the blue drum case.
- Police claimed that soon after their 2016 marriage, Muskan pushed Saurabh to move out and live separately from his family; the couple later rented a house in Brahmpuri.
- Prosecution alleged that in 2025, Muskan laced Saurabh's food with intoxicants before she called Sahil over; they then stabbed him to death and dumped his dismembered remains in a drum filled with liquid cement.
- Saurabh's mother, Renu Rajput, questioned why Muskan killed her son after the verdict on September 30, stating she would have confronted her publicly if present in court.
- A Meerut court had previously found the pair guilty last month, concluding a trial involving the 2025 killing of the London-based sales manager who returned home to celebrate family birthdays.
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Muskan, lover receive death penalty in Meerut blue drum murder case: Why did judge invoke Mahabharata while sentencing?
Merchant navy officer Saurabh Rajput was killed on March 3, 2025 by his wife Muskan Rastogi and her lover Sahil Shukla. His body was discovered two weeks later, concealed with cement in a blue drum.
Sahil, Muskan sentenced to death in sensational blue drum murder case
A Meerut court has sentenced Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla to death for the murder of Rastogi's husband, merchant navy officer Saurabh Rajput. The sensational "blue drum case" involved dismembering the body and concealing it in a cement-filled drum. The verdict followed a 13-month trial with 126 hearings.
Blue Drum Murder Case: Muskan and Sahil get death penalty
A court in Meerut on October 14, sentenced Muskan and Sahil to death in the murder case of Saurabh Rajput, popularly known as the blue drum murder case. Advocate Krishan Kumar Dubey also informed that both have been ordered to pay a fine of Rs 50,000. “The court has also imposed fines of Rs 50,000 under Section 302 and Rs 20,000 under Section 238A.” “It is a historic verdict. The entire nation was watching; the eyes of the public were fixed on w…
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A Meerut district court on Wednesday sentenced Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla to death for the murder of merchant navy officer Saurabh Rajput in the blue drum case. Concluding a 13-month trial involving 126 hearings and 22 witnesses, the court awarded capital punishment for killing Rajput and concealing his dismembered body inside a cement-filled drum. 📰 Meerut Blue Drum Murder Case: Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla Sentenced to Death.
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