Meerut murder accused suffer ‘severe’ drug addiction; refusing food, demanding marijuana, morphine in jail
By : Sandhya
The two suspects in the murder of merchant navy employee Saurabh Rajput in Meerut, Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla, are battling serious drug addiction while incarcerated. They are going into withdrawal and refusing to eat in an effort to obtain drugs. Both the 27-year-old accused are lodged inside the Meerut District Jail, in separate barracks for men and women.
According to a jail official speaking on condition of anonymity, they have a strong dependency and have taken extra efforts to keep themselves and others safe.
On March 4, Muskan and her lover Sahil fatally killed her husband Saurabh. They then dismembered his body and hid it in a barrel that they filled with cement. The couple then attempted to hide their identities by traveling to Himachal Pradesh before making their way back to Meerut on March 17. The couple reportedly entered "celebration" mode when in Himachal, playing Holi, cutting a cake, and taking photos in snowy settings.