Lucknow, Sept. 30 -- A Meerut court on Wednesday convicted Saurabh Rajput's wife Muskan Rastogi and her lover Sahil Shukla in the murder case that came to light after his body was found chopped up and sealed in a blue plastic drum filled with cement.
District and Sessions Judge Arvind Kumar Mishra held both Muskan and Sahil guilty after 126 hearings and statements from more than 22 witnesses. The court has reserved its order on the quantum of sentence. The sentence will be announced after arguments on the punishment.
The murder took place on March 3, 2025. The trial began in the district judge's court in July 2025, after police filed a charge sheet running into around 1,000 pages. The court reserved its judgment on September 19.
Saurabh, an officer in the Merchant Navy, had returned to Meerut from London on February 24, 2025. According to the prosecution, Muskan and Sahil first mixed sedatives in his food and later attacked him while he was sleeping in the bedroom.
After the murder, the body was taken to the bathroom, where Sahil allegedly chopped off the head and both hands. The body parts were then placed in a plastic drum and sealed with cement, according to the prosecution case.
Police said Muskan subsequently left for Shimla and Manali with Sahil and continued uploading photographs and videos on Instagram for around 13 days to create the impression that she was travelling with her husband.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.