The Dark Layers of the Meerut Murder: Inside the Shocking Case of Muskan Rastogi
Such is the stuff of dark crime thrillers-the Meerut murder case sends chill waves of horror through India. Just eleven days after allegedly killing her husband, Muskan Rastogi not only dismembered the body of Merchant Navy officer Saurabh Rajput but also celebrated Holi with her supposed lover, Sahil Shukla. In this deep-dive analysis today, we discuss the evidence, timeline, and eerie details that make the case all the more disturbing and perplexing.
A Timeline of Tragedy and Turbulence
It even has a very long report from Hindustan Times that says on March 22, 2025: The story has a series of harrowing sequences:
March 4, 2025: Allegedly, Muskan Rastogi confessed to murdering her husband, Saurabh Rajput, with premeditated intent by butchering him. It was said that the dismembered limbs were sealed in a cement drum, emphasizing the nature of the act.
Post-Murder Activity: To pack up their activity, it has been said that Muskan and her boyfriend, Sahil Shukla, had gone to Himachal Pradesh. Surveillance footage and social media clips emanate from this trip with one among them showing Muskan feeding Sahil pieces of cake and enjoying rather intimate moments with him.
March 17, 2025: The two returned to Meerut, where together went viral with one Holi celebration video. The two people on the video are joyously colored and in stark contrast to that horrendous crime that hangs on their necks.
That timeline can leave people speechless and has created questions of intent, planning, and psychology for the most serious consideration.
The Unsettling Celebration: Holi Amid Horror
Capture happening log perpetrators with loud undisguised by the video. Muskan and Sahil were all cheerful and exchanged Holi wishes a mere eleven days post the supposed murder. The age of digitisation has twisted the issue into another direction not just due to able talk, but also because the greatest illegality will remain while debate continues even when true juxtaposed images are recorded.
The Confession and Its Intricate Details
Confession of Muskan Rastogi as she said after her father, Pramod, interrupted her transport to the police station, contained details of a disturbing nature regarding the crime: she had executed the murder of Saurabh Rajput along with a friend. This family pressure-induced confession has added even more layers to the already complex investigation.
What makes the most shocking part of the confession even more so is that this crime was perfectly planned in detail. Cutting a murder into planned stages-from dismembering the body to deliberately disposing of it in a cement drum-also shows an element of planning not typical for crimes of passion.
The Role of Digital Manipulation: A Snapchat Ruse
The social networks in this modern world are stories of communication through activities; however, they are also a source for manipulation. It is so bizarre that Muskan created a fake Snapchat account in order to use it. Statement given by SP City Singh revealed that Muskan assumed the identity of a deceased family member to take advantage of Sahil Shukla’s superstitions by establishing a Snapchat ID pretending to be her brother.
Then convincingly says that his deceased mother is forcing him to act according to the murder plan under the usage of the fake ID.
This digitalized and fabricated counterfeit shows how today, even the farthest technology can probably be used to influence emotions and actions. This shows that murders get updated and impinge upon social media manipulation techniques in their perpetration.
The Confluence of Love, Betrayal, and Crime
Bringing this backstory between Muskan and Sahil generates an emotional element to this case. They were childhood acquaintances who met back again through a WhatsApp group in 2019 and soon fell into an extramarital affair. The much-analytical Dhruv Rathee might urge us to infer how interpersonal relationships, secrecy, and betrayal can merge into something that deplays the norms of society: Nicely portrayed.
So, such revivifying of a relationship and then all these follow-up extreme actions raise a lot of questions: whether the murder was a planned device to achieve a wider variegation of personal grudge, or did it actually go that way? The finding that Muskan is accused of premeditated murder since November 2023, as per the investigating officer, suggests that it is not an impulsive crime but has been brewing for more than a year.
Legal Proceedings and Public Outcry
Following the confessions and mounting evidence against them, both Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla have been sent to judicial custody for 14 days. The speed at which the authorities have acted legally shows the seriousness of the allegations. The case is in the public arena, especially because of social media and opinion pieces by popular commentators, generating discussion on domestic violence, personal relationship ethics, and the breakdown of social support systems.
