Muskan, who is currently in Meerut jail for the brutal murder of her husband Saurabh Rajput, has given birth to a baby girl. She has named the newborn Radha, even as Saurabh’s family is demanding a DNA test to confirm whether the child is biologically his.

The baby was born on November 24 at Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College. This date is significant because it also happened to be Saurabh’s birthday. After the delivery, doctors said that Muskan would be sent back to the district jail on Wednesday.

According to Jail Superintendent Viresh Raj Sharma, the newborn can stay with Muskan in the women’s barrack until she turns six. The jail authorities will provide clothing, extra nutrition, and medical care for the child during this period.

Saurabh’s brother, Rahul, has again demanded a DNA test. He says he will file a fresh request in court. Rahul believes that Muskan and her lover, Sahil Shukla, murdered Saurabh and hid his dismembered body in a blue drum filled with cement. He also asked for a DNA test for Muskan’s elder daughter. The Rajput family said they would take responsibility for both children only if it is proven that they are Saurabh’s.

Otherwise, they said, they would maintain no relation with Muskan or the newborn baby. Rahul claimed Muskan is “very sharp-minded” and could be a threat to the children. Saurabh’s mother, Renu Rajput, supported the family’s demand for DNA testing. She said they would accept the newborn only if it is confirmed that she is Saurabh’s biological child.

Meanwhile, doctors rejected the family’s allegation that Muskan planned the delivery to happen on Saurabh’s birthday. They explained that the expected date of delivery is only an estimate and very few women deliver exactly on that date. The labour was natural and not planned. Jail officials also shared that if the baby had been a boy, Muskan planned to name him Krishna.

Saurabh was murdered on the night of March 4 at his home in Meerut’s Indiranagar area. Police say Muskan and Sahil drugged him, stabbed him, cut the body into parts, and stuffed it into a cement-filled blue drum before fleeing to Himachal Pradesh. Investigators believe Muskan had been planning the murder since November 2023, as she saw Saurabh as an obstacle to her relationship with Sahil.