Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 11:59am on 14 Oct 2026,Wednesday India
A Meerut court on October 14, 2026, sentenced Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla to death for murdering Saurabh Rajput, Muskan’s husband and a former Merchant Navy officer. The case shocked the nation after Rajput’s dismembered remains were discovered inside a blue plastic drum sealed with cement and sand in March 2025. The court had convicted both on September 30 for murder and destruction of evidence. The trial lasted approximately 13 months, involving 126 hearings and 22 prosecution witnesses. The prosecution argued that the premeditated crime warranted capital punishment under the rarest-of-rare doctrine. (PC: ANI)
