India, May 31 -- Muskan Rastogi, 28, accused in the murder of her husband, an ex-merchant navy officer, has sought permission from Meerut jail authorities in Uttar Pradesh to study law in order to represent herself in court, The Times of India reported.

A jail official told the publication that Muskan Rastogi expressed dissatisfaction with the support she received from her lawyer and stated her intention to argue her own case.

Muskan Rastogi and her partner, Sahil Shukla, allegedly killed her husband, Saurabh Rajput, 35, whose dismembered and cement-sealed body was discovered inside a blue drum at his Brahmpuri residence in Meerut on March 18.

The couple was arrested after returning from a trip to Himachal Pradesh. Both were sent to Ch...