Meerut: In the gruesome murder that took place in Meerut, the parents of the accused Muskaan Rastogi want their daughter to be ‘hanged till death’. They also stressed that they are completely with Saurabh’s family in their fight for justice. 

Muskaan Rastogi has been arrested for allegedly murdering her husband Saurabh Rajpur with her lover’s help. 

As per police reports, Saurabh Rajput, a Merchant Navy officer working for a US-based company, came home last month for his six-year-old daughter's birthday. 

His wife and her lover Sahil Shukla stabbed him to death, chopped up his body in 15 pieces and sealed them with cement in a plastic drum on March 4.

Muskaan and Sahil then left for the hills and used Saurabh's phone to post pictures to mislead people.The family of Saurabh, unable to reach him, filed a police complaint which led to Muskaan and her arrest. The drum was recovered by the police, and Saurabh’s body parts have been sent for autopsy.

Muskaan had come to her parents when she realised things were taking a turn. "She confessed that she had killed Saurabh and we immediately took her to the police station. She told us, 'Mummy, we killed Saurabh'," said Muskaan's mother Kavita Rastogi.

She said Saurabh was "blindly in love" with Muskaan. "Our daughter was the problem. She got him separated from his family. And she has now done this."

The Rastogis want justice for Saurabh’s family. "That's why we got her arrested. They should get justice. He (Saurabh) put everything at stake, left his parents, their property worth crores. And she got him (killed). He was our son too," she said.

When asked what punishment must be given to Muskaan, her parents replied, with teary eyes, "She should be hanged. She has lost the right to live."

Her parents further spoke about the possible motive behind the murder. Muskaan and Sahil were into drugs and feared Saurabh would put a stop to their meet-ups.

Muskaan's father shared, "She told us that her friend, Sahil, was worried that Saurabh would stop their drug sessions."

Kavita, her mother, added, "When Saurabh left for London, we offered for Muskaan to stay with us, but she didn’t want to because she didn’t want any restrictions. Saurabh supported her decision. While he was in London, Muskaan lost almost 10 kg, and we thought she was just upset about him being away. We had no idea that Sahil was pressuring her to do drugs."

Now, their six-year-old daughter is living with the Rastogis.