The Meerut district court on Wednesday sentenced Muskan Rastogi and her lover Sahil Shukla to death for the murder of her husband Saurabh Rajput in the Meerut blue drum case.
Police subsequently arrested Muskan and Sahil. The case was registered on March 18, 2025, on a complaint filed by Saurabh’s brother. The body encased in cement inside the blue drum was recovered from the house on March 19, according to the police.
There is nothing else left except to pronounce the verdict.” The case has seen 126 hearings and testimony from more than 22 witnesses, with the prosecution and defence presenting their respective arguments before district judge Arvind Kumar Mishra. The case reached the court on March 17, 2025, while Muskan and Sahil were sent to Meerut jail on March 19. The trial was transferred to the district judge’s court in July 2025, and arguments continued for around 13 months. All that remains is the pronouncement of verdict, and tomorrow (September 30) is the next hearing in the case.
Before the verdict, District government counsel Krishna Kumar Chaubey said, “All facts have been placed before the court, the witnesses have recorded their testimonies, and as such all proceedings related to this case have been completed.
