{
  "id": 14437743,
  "title": "Muskan Rastogi, her lover Sahil Shukla sentenced to death in blue drum murder case",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/muskan-rastogi-her-lover-sahil-shukla-sentenced-to-death-in-blue-drum",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T10:55:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/meerut/death-penalty-to-muskan-rastogi-her-lover-sahil-shukla-in-blue-drum-murder-case/articleshow/134940071.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Muskan Rastogi and Sahil Shukla have been sentenced to death for the murder of Muskan's husband, Saurabh Rajput. The crime, known as the blue drum murder case, involved dismembering Rajput's remains. Following a complex trial, which included 126 hearings and 22 witnesses, both were found guilty. The prosecution labeled the crime as one of the rarest of rare cases requiring the death penalty.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "‘Let me meet my daughter once’: Muskan Rastogi ahead of blue drum murder verdict",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/let-me-meet-my-daughter-once-muskan-rastogi-ahead-of-blue-drum-murder",
        "published": "2026-10-14T07:23:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Meerut 'blue drum' murder: Death penalty for Muskan Rastogi, lover Sahil for husband's killing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/meerut-blue-drum-murder-death-penalty-for-muskan-rastogi-lover-sahil",
        "published": "2026-10-14T10:55:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Meerut Blue Drum Murder Case: Muskan Rastogi, Lover Sahil Shukla Sentenced To Death For Killing Saurabh",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/meerut-blue-drum-murder-case-muskan-rastogi-lover-sahil-shukla",
        "published": "2026-10-14T10:57:03.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Death Penalty For Muskaan Rastogi, Lover Sahil Shukla In Meerut Blue Drum Murder",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/death-penalty-for-muskaan-rastogi-lover-sahil-shukla-in-meerut-blue",
        "published": "2026-10-14T11:08:32.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}