'Blue drum' murder case accused, newborn daughter shifted to barrack in Meerut jail
Meerut (UP), Nov 27 (PTI): Muskan, jailed in connection with the gruesome murder of her husband and cementing his body inside a blue drum, has been shifted to Barrack 12A of Meerut jail along with her newborn daughter, officials said on Thursday.
She gave birth to a girl child at Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College on November 24 and was discharged on Wednesday afternoon.
Jail Superintendent Viresh Raj Sharma told PTI that both Muskan and the child are healthy, and the newborn will receive vaccinations in the jail premises.
He said the jail administration has not initiated a DNA test as no party has given a written request so far.
Family members of her slain husband Saurabh Rajput had earlier told media that they want a DNA test done to confirm the newborn's paternity.
Muskan and her daughter has been placed in Barrack 12A, which houses 21 female prisoners and three young children apart from them.
Jail sources said that upon her arrival in the barrack, other female inmates congratulated Muskan on the birth of her daughter.
Meanwhile, no relative either of Muskan or her late husband visited the jail to see the newborn. Her parents Pramod Rastogi and Kavita continue to care for her elder daughter Pihu.
Senior Superintendent Dr Sharma said doctors in the jail will regularly monitor the health of both the mother and the child.
Muskan is being provided nutritious meals. She will not be assigned any jail work for the time being; light duties may be assigned after a month. Facilities such as a creche are available for children, and the baby will also be registered with the jail's anganwadi. All necessary items will be provided for the mother and the child according to jail guidelines, he said.
Muskan and her boyfriend Sahil Shukla were arrested for murdering her husband Saurabh Rajput on March 4 at his home in Meerut's Indiranagar.
According to the FIR, the couple allegedly dismembered Saurabh's body, placed it in a blue drum filled with cement, and then fled to Himachal Pradesh. Muskan later informed her family about the incident, leading to police registering a case.
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Kulkarni became victim of BJP conspiracy as he grew politically in North Karnataka: Shivakumar
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Bengaluru (PTI): Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar claimed on Friday that Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in a murder case, has become a victim of a BJP conspiracy because he was growing politically in the north Karnataka region.
Stating that he has faith in Kulkarni and believes he has done nothing wrong, he said the former minister will fight the case legally by filing an appeal.
A Bengaluru court on Friday sentenced Kulkarni and fifteen others to life imprisonment in the BJP leader Yogeshgouda Goudar murder case.
On Wednesday, Santhosh Gajanan Bhat, Judge of the Special Court for cases involving elected representatives, convicted Kulkarni and others under various IPC sections, including criminal conspiracy and murder.
“I respect the court. But there was a big conspiracy in this case. When the police were about to file a B-report, the CBI was given the case to harass him (Kulkarni). Vinay Kulkarni has become a victim of a BJP conspiracy as he was growing politically in north Karnataka,” Shivakumar said.
Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, he said Kulkarni has several legal options.
“I have spoken to his family. He swore on God and told me that he had not done anything wrong. I still have faith in him. I feel that he has not done anything wrong. He has an opportunity to file an appeal,” he said, adding that he stands with Kulkarni’s family and supporters and believes he will get justice.
The case pertains to the killing of Goudar, a BJP zilla panchayat member, in Dharwad on June 15, 2016. Kulkarni was a minister at the time. Hired assailants allegedly attacked and hacked Goudar to death in his gym in Saptapur, Dharwad.
Following demands from Goudar’s family and others, the then-BJP government transferred the case to the CBI in 2019.
Veteran BJP leader and former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, under whose tenure the case was handed over to the CBI, told reporters in Chikkamagaluru, “I said what I needed to say when the crime happened, and what I said—that the guilty should be punished and justice should be served—has proven true.”
Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, BJP leader and MLC C T Ravi, reacting to the court order, said, “Justice delayed, but not denied.”
