PoliticsPhoto: The HinduMeerut Court Sentences Wife and Partner to Death in 'Blue Drum' Murder
A Meerut court sentenced Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla to death for murdering Saurabh Rajput, whose dismembered body was found in a cement-filled plastic drum in March 2025. The merchant navy officer was killed on March 3, 2025. The court also fined each convict ₹70,000. The judge cited the Mahabharata to justify the punishment, emphasizing justice proportional to the crime's gravity.
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