Meerut Blue Drum Murder Case: Muskan Rastogi, Sahil Shukla Sentenced To Death

A court in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, sentenced Muskan Rastogi and her lover, Sahil Shukla, to death on Wednesday for murdering her husband, Saurabh Rajput, and concealing his dismembered remains inside a blue plastic drum.

The district court convicted both accused on September 30 for murder and concealing Rajput’s body.

According to the police investigation, Muskan sedated Rajput by mixing a substance into his food at their home on March 3, 2025. Shukla arrived shortly afterwards, and the pair allegedly stabbed Rajput to death before dismembering his body in the bathroom. They placed the remains inside a large blue drum and sealed it with sand, water and cement to suppress the smell of decomposition.

The case reached the court on March 17, 2025, before being transferred to the district judge’s court in July. The trial involved 126 hearings and witness testimonies over approximately 13 months.

Prosecutor Vijay Bahadur said the prosecution presented 22 testimonies to establish the case through circumstantial evidence.

The court found the evidence sufficient to convict both accused, after which the prosecution sought the death penalty.

Shopkeepers testified that they had sold the accused a blue drum, cement bags, sand, cleavers and razors before the murder.

Call detail records and mobile tower locations placed Shukla at the residence during the crime. Investigators traced the pair’s movements to hotel stays in Shimla and Manali, Himachal Pradesh.

Earlier, Rajput’s elder brother, Rahul, expressed the family’s desire for justice.

“We just want one thing: whatever they did to my brother, the same should happen to them,” he said.

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