Indian woman and boyfriend get death sentence in 'blue drum' murder case

Rastogi and Shukla fled to Himachal Pradesh state but used Rajput's mobile phone to send text messages to his family to make it seem like he was alive and travelling for business, they added.A few days later, however, Rajput's family lodged a complaint with the police saying that he was missing.On 17 March, when Rastogi visited her parents after returning from Himachal Pradesh, her six-year-old daughter asked about her father. Rastogi initially blamed her in-laws for her husband's murder. Unconvinced, her parental family took her to the police station.Rastogi confessed to the crime during interrogation and she and Shukla were arrested and charged with the murder."My brother was killed by cruel people," Rajput's brother told BBC Hindi.Rastogi's parents also demanded strict action against her. "My daughter, along with a friend, murdered her husband in her own home. She is not fit for this society and is a danger to others," her father told ANI news agency.