Meerut's Saurabh Rajput Murder: How The Blue Drum Case Led To Death Sentence For Muskan, Sahil

A court has awarded the death penalty to convicts Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla in the sensational Blue Drum murder case concerning the killing of merchant navy officer Saurabh Rajput. Following a 13-month trial and 126 hearings, the court classified the crime as falling in the rarest of rare category. According to investigators, the duo murdered Saurabh Rajput, dismembered the body, placed the remains into a blue drum, and sealed it with cement before departing for a vacation in Himachal Pradesh. The Uttar Pradesh Police subsequently filed a chargesheet running over 1,000 pages that incorporated evidence such as statements from shopkeepers who sold the knife, razor, drum, and cement, alongside records tracing hotel stays during the trip. Following the conviction, the court pronounced the death penalty for both individuals.