The Meerut woman who allegedly killed her husband with the help of her lover confessed to her parents that she committed the crime since he used to stop her from taking drugs. The woman’s lover, who helped her kill her husband and seal his body in a cement-filled drum, had got her addicted to drugs when their affair began. The father also said that her daughter, identified as Muskan Rastogi, did not deserve to live and should be hanged.
Saurabh Rajput, the victim, married Muskan Rastogi in 2016 after a love marriage. He had been living with her and their five-year-old daughter in a rented house in Meerut for the past three years. Saurabh was last seen on March 4, the day he was murdered. Muskan is accused of murdering Saurabh with the help of her lover Sahil Shukla. Pramod Rastogi said Muskan’s father, Pramod Rastogi, said her daughter told him that Saurabh would not let her take drugs and that is why she killed him. “She told me that she could not live without drugs.
He said stressing that Saurabh was like his son, the accused’s father said Muskan lost her right to live and should be hanged as she committed a wrong act. The accused’s mother Kavita Rastogi said her daughter called her on March 17 and told her that she had a fight with Saurabh. When Muskan reached home, she started crying and hugging her mother. When her mother asked what had happend, Muskan claimed that Saurabh was stabbed to death with a knife by his family members.
Muskan’s distressed father decided to take her to a police station to report the matter. On the way, when Pramod questioned Muskan once again, she confessed that she and her lover, Sahil, had killed Saurabh. According to Muskan’s father, Sahil had studied with her till Class 8 and reconnected with her through social media in 2019. On her daughter taking drugs.
