NEW DELHI: Parents of Muskaan Rastogi, arrested for allegedly murdering her husband who was a merchant navy officer, have demanded justice for the son-in-law and said that their daughter should be hanged to death.
“That kid (Saurabh Rajput) was a good man. We demand justice, and we want that she (Muskan) should be hanged till death,” her mother told news agency ANI.
The father of the accused also distanced himself from the daughter and demanded the same punishment for her. “My daughter killed her husband … She is not fit for society, and she is dangerous to everyone,” the father said.
“I would advise others not to take such steps,” he said adding that “she should be hanged till death.”
Days after a 35-year-old merchant navy officer Saurabh Rajput returned to India from London to celebrate his wife’s birthday, he was murdered by his estranged wife and her lover on March 4.
The accused, Muskan and her lover Sahil Shukla alias Mohit, dismembered the victim, Saurabh Rajput, and sealed his body parts inside a cement-filled drum, police said. His decomposed remains were discovered nearly 15 days later on Tuesday in his rented apartment.
SP City Ayush Vikram Singh said, “Police received a tip-off about a foul smell emanating from the victim’s house. Upon investigation, we found his body chopped into multiple pieces and sealed inside a water drum filled with cement, presumably to hasten decomposition. The accused, Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla, have been taken into custody and booked for murder and destruction of evidence. They will be produced before the court on Wednesday.”
Police revealed that Muskan and Saurabh had married in 2016 despite their families’ disapproval, leading them to live in a rented apartment. The couple had a six-year-old daughter.
Investigators believe Muskan and Sahil killed Saurabh on March 4 before leaving for a trip to the hills. Meanwhile, Muskan misled Saurabh’s family by pretending he was alive.
Locals reported that Muskan had possession of the victim’s phone and was messaging his family to avoid suspicion while ignoring their repeated requests for speaking to him. Their crime was exposed when the police recovered Saurabh’s body.
