- By Nidhi Giri
- Fri, 21 Mar 2025 08:56 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Meerut Murder Case: Post-mortem of Meerut merchant navy officer Saurabh Rajput has revealed that he was murdered two weeks ago and there was an attempt to melt his skin. The accused—his wife Muskan Rastogi (27) and her lover Sahil Shukla (25)—not only meticulously planned 29-year-old Saurabh Rajput’s murder, but after executing the gruesome act, went on a vacation to Himachal Pradesh. Fresh details in the murder case are sending shockwaves to the nation.
Meerut Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Ashok Kataria said the autopsy report suggests that Saurabh was murdered more than two weeks ago and an attempt was made to melt his skin by pouring cement. He said the body was chopped into many parts, his teeth were shaking and his skin had become very loose, reported News18. The doctor added that he had never seen such a case in his thirty years of career.
Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla confessed to murdering and dismembering her husband, Saurabh Rajput, into 15 pieces using a butcher’s knife and concealing it in a drum filled with cement, spent a restless night in Chaudhary Charan Singh district jail, showing signs of extreme distress, jail officials confirmed, as per the report.
Meerut Murder Case Revealed So Far
-Muskan allegedly told neighbours that she and Saurabh were travelling to Himachal Pradesh. However, suspicions arose when a foul smell spread through the neighbourhood. Concerned residents alerted the police, leading to the gruesome discovery and the couple’s arrest.
-What shocked investigators further was Muskan’s apparent lack of remorse. After disposing of the body, Muskan and Sahil reportedly went on a trip together, as if nothing had happened.
-Following their arrest, Muskan and Sahil were presented to the media before their court appearance. The sight of Muskan wearing sindoor, despite allegedly killing her husband, left many speechless.
-Speaking to reporters, Saurabh’s mother said the neighbours told them that Saurabh and Muskan’s daughter, 6, had said that her father had been kept in the drum.
-Muskan had been planning Saurabh’s murder since November last year, aided and abetted by Sahil. When Saurabh, who worked for a US-based company, was set to return home in February, the couple began making preparations. “She bought two long-bladed knives, claiming they were for cutting chicken. She also obtained banned sedatives from a local drug store," said a police official.
-Their first attempt on February 25 failed. Saurabh ate food laced with sedatives but only fell into a deep sleep rather than losing consciousness.
-Determined to finish what they had planned, they tried again on March 4. That night, Muskan mixed the sedatives into his meal, ensuring he was unconscious. Then, with Sahil present, she took a butcher’s knife, climbed on to her sleeping husband, and plunged the blade into his chest, the report said.
-Sahil assisted by applying additional pressure, ensuring the knife went deep enough to be fatal. They stabbed him multiple times to confirm his death.
-The police raided Muskan’s rented house in Indira Nagar, where they found the cement-filled drum. “We had to use a drill machine to break the concrete. What we discovered inside was horrifying," said a senior officer.