Meerut 20 march 2025 (Punjab Khabarnama Bureau): Gruesome details are emerging in the murder of a merchant navy officer in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut. Saurabh Rajput’s wife Muskaan Rastogi had allegedly been plotting the crime since November, even procuring knives and sedatives in preparation.
Saurabh Rajput, 29, a former merchant navy officer, returned home from London on February 24 to celebrate the birthdays of his wife and daughter. Just over a week later, he fell victim to a chilling conspiracy—his body was dismembered and sealed in cement inside a drum.
Muskaan was allegedly aided by her lover, 25-year-old Sahil Shukla.
According to police, the duo meticulously planned the murder, from purchasing weapons and sedatives to scouting disposal sites. Their relationship rekindled in 2019 through a school WhatsApp group, which quickly escalated into an affair, news agency PTI reported.
The affair eventually led to Muskaan planning to leave Saurabh and marry Sahil instead. Police sources revealed that Muskaan and Sahil saw Saurabh as an obstacle in their relationship and decided to kill him.
The murder plan was allegedly hatched by Muskaan Rastogi
According to a report by NDTV, the murder plan of Saurabh Rajput was hatched by his wife Muskaan Rastogi, who convinced her boyfriend Sahil Shukla that his mother was speaking to him – through Snapchat – from beyond the grave.
She allegedly convinced her boyfriend that her mother had reincarnated and was talking to him through Snapchat, thus convincing him to help her murder Saurabh.
Summary: Police reveal shocking details of how Muskaan Rastogi orchestrated the murder of her husband, a merchant navy officer, in Meerut, exposing a sinister conspiracy.