NEW DELHI: Father of Muskan Rastogi, the Meerut woman accused of murdering and dismembering her husband Saurabh Rajput with the help of her lover, on Friday said he personally “took his daughter to the police station and asked her to tell the truth”. Meanwhile, her mother said she was uncertain whether “Muskan was brainwashed or did drugs”.
Speaking to ANI, Muskan’s father Pramod said, ” While we were going to the Police station, I stopped the scooter and spoke to her and told her to tell me the truth…then she confessed the truth that she and her friend together killed her husband, they put his body in a drum and placed cement on top of it.”
“I took her to Police station and asked her to tell the truth…that’s how the case got solved. The verdict, in this case, should come fast and I don’t want anything less than capital punishment for her…what she did is very wrong…my son-in-law should get justice,” he added.
Muskan’s mother, Kavita admitted that her daughter had “committed a big mistake” and said she was uncertain over whether her daughter “was brainwashed or did drugs.”
“My child has committed a big mistake. I used to ask her continuously what the problem was, but she kept losing weight; she had lost 10 kg in 2 years. She hid a lot of things from us and that’s why she is in jail today. We have no idea if she was brainwashed or did drugs,” she said.
“I want to tell all the children out there that never hide anything from your parents,” she told ANI, further adding that “had she shared something with us, she wouldn’t have been in this condition.”
Investigations revealed that Muskan and Sahil maintained a relationship after reconnecting in 2019 via a WhatsApp group of former schoolmates. Muskan, who wed Saurabh in 2016, allegedly viewed him as an impediment to her future with Sahil, leading to their criminal plan.
Saurabh returned from London on February 24 to celebrate 27-year-old Muskan’s birthday, unaware of his impending fate. Muskan and Sahil first attempted to drug him on February 25, but the sedative-laced food only made him drowsy.
Later on March 4, they successfully sedated him before stabbing and dismembering him to conceal evidence. Saurabh’s body was initially hidden in a bathroom overnight before being sealed inside a cement-filled drum for two weeks.
Following the murder, the duo went on a 12-day trip to Himachal Pradesh.
During their investigation, police discovered Sahil’s room filled with disturbing imagery—walls covered in red and black tantric symbols, devil graffiti, cryptic English phrases, beer cans, bidi stubs, and other scattered items, creating an eerie atmosphere.
Investigators believe Sahil was highly superstitious, which Muskan exploited to manipulate him. She allegedly used her brother’s phone to create fake Snapchat accounts, deceiving Sahil into believing his deceased mother was speaking to him from the afterlife and demanding a sacrifice.
Muskan’s mother, Kavita, had previously told police that, “Saurabh was mad for my daughter. He left his family just to marry her. He was like my son.”