Gruesome details continue to emerge in the case of Saurabh Rajput, a former merchant navy officer killed, chopped into pieces and sealed inside a drum with cement allegedly by his wife Muskan Rastogi and her lover Sahil Shukla in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut.
SP (City) Ayush Vikram Singh revealed more details on the murder for which the accused duo has pleaded guilty.
Sedative laced ‘lauki ke kofte’
The 29-year-old Saurabh returned home on March 3 to meet Muskan and his daughter with a dish of ‘lauki ke kofte’ prepared by his mother, Renu, the officer revealed.
Muskan (27), who had been hatching plans to kill her husband since November 2024, seized the opportunity, reheating the dish and lacing it with the sedatives. As Saurabh slipped into unconsciousness, she invited her lover Sahil Shukla (27) to their rented home in Indira Nagar to kill Saurabh, who was perceived as a ‘hindrance’ to their relationship.
Seizing the opportunity, the couple unleashed a frenzy of knife attacks on the sleeping Saurabh and stabbed him repeatedly until life drained from his body, the officer said.
Searched Google for drug names
Police said Muskan had been looking to purchase sleeping pills and narcotics in ways that would not invite any suspicion.
On February 22, Muskan visited a doctor on Sharda Road claiming to be suffering from depression and requested sleeping pills. Later, she turned to Google to search for drug names as the doctor did not prescribe enough amount of sleeping pills that could help execute her plot.