Murder convicts in Meerut jail observe Ahoi Ashtami fast

Meerut: More than 20 women inmates in Meerut’s Chaudhary Charan Singh District Jail are observing the Ahoi Ashtami fast on Sunday, praying for their children’s long life, well-being and prosperity. Among them are Muskan and Ravita, who have been sentenced to death for the murders of their husbands in separate cases.

Muskan, who was sentenced to death along with her boyfriend Sahil Shukla for the murder of her husband Saurabh Rajput, dismembering and sealing his body in a cement-filled blue drum, is observing the fast for her two daughters.

Similarly, Ravita, who was awarded the death penalty along with her boyfriend Amardeep for the murder of her husband Amit Kashyap in Bahsuma, is also observing the fast for the long life of her children. Damini, who is lodged in the jail along with her boyfriend Tushar in connection with the murder of her husband Atul Panwar in Hastinapur, has also kept the fast for her son.

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