Merchant navy officer Saurabh Rajput murder-accused Sahil Shukla and Muskaan Rastogi are being administered anti-addiction medicines in prison to counter withdrawal symptoms, jail authorities reportedly said. 27-year-old Rastogi, who allegedly drugged and stabbed her husband to death, is demanding "injections" at Uttar Pradesh's Chaudhary Charan Singh district jail, a newspaper report said.
Sahil and Muskaan were taken to prison after a Meerut court remanded them to 14-day judicial custody on Wednesday. They requested to be placed in adjacent barracks, a plea that was rejected right away. While the woman is being put in barrack number 12 designated for women undertrials, her lover Sahil is confined in barrack number 18 that is at least 1.5 kilometres away, Times Of India (TOI) claimed prison officials as saying.
It was earlier reported that Muskaan refused to eat or interact with other inmates on her first night at the prison. She spent most of the night crying. Over the days, she had started taking little food but remains a loner. She reportedly prefers to be let alone in the corner of her prison cell and often demands "injections", the daily said.
Sahil, meanwhile is not doing great either. The 25-year-old keeps asking the jail staffers for marijuana. A drug addict, Rastogi is believed to have made him join her plan to murder Saurabh Rajput by convincing him that it was his late mother's wish. Using a fake Snapchat profile, Muskaan Rastogi kept interacting with Sahil until he believed it was his departed mother's soul communicating with him.
Showing withdrawal symptoms at jail
The jail authorities are well aware of their condition and are not taking the withdrawal symptoms lightly, the TOI report said. They are under constant medical supervision although their bodies may take about 10 days to recover.
A substance addict can have withdrawal symptoms when they stop taking it. The characteristics will depend on what drug is being discontinued. Symptoms may include cravings, anxiety, fatigue, sweating, vomiting, depression, seizures and hallucinations.
Saurabh Rajput murder investigation
Meerut Police believe that Rastogi wanted Rajput, who was abroad, to be eliminated to live a life with her lover, Sahil decided to help her since he feared the return of her husband could end their joint drug abuse sessions.
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The police are also investigating the accused's activities post-murder. A video has been circulating on social media purportedly showing Muskan and Sahil dancing to music at a DJ party drenched in Holo colours. Muskaan's online chats and audio messages to cab driver who took them to Himachal Pradesh after the murder were also circulated widely on social media.
