Cell Block 2B: Inside the Meerut jail barrack housing five women accused of killing their husbands

Barrack 2B of Meerut’s Chaudhary Charan Singh District Jail is a one-of-a-kind barrack. It’s where the Meerut jail authorities have kept some of their most high-profile female undertrials. It’s where women undertrials spend hours participating in mandated jail activities and have, over time, bonded together.It’s also where Muskaan Rastogi, Ravita Kashyap, Damini Panwar, Anjali Singh and Komal Singh are now lodged after allegedly killing their husbands in pursuit of other relationships.The five women are among the 30 lodged in Barrack 2B. Police say each case unfolded differently — from alleged dismemberment to snakebite. Beyond the coincidence of the allegations against them and the barrack they now occupy, the five women have no other known connection. And yet, these women are bound toget