Girl From UP, On Loss of life Row For Killing A Baby, Executed In UAE
New Delhi:
An Indian lady, Shahzadi Khan, who was dealing with a dying sentence within the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has been executed, the Overseas Ministry knowledgeable the Delhi Excessive Court docket on Monday. Thirty-three-year-old lady from Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district was dealing with execution in Abu Dhabi over an allegation of killing a four-month-old youngster.
Shehzadi Khan was executed on February 15, 2025, in accordance with the legal guidelines and rules of UAE, the Overseas Minister instructed the court docket.
Extra Solicitor Normal (ASG) Chetan Sharma mentioned the Indian embassy in UAE acquired an official communication about Khan’s execution from the federal government on February 28.
“Authorities are extending all doable help and that her cremation is scheduled for March 5, 2025,” he added.
This got here after Khan’s father Shabbir Khan approached the court docket looking for to entry info relating to the precise present authorized standing and well-being of his daughter.
Following the Ministry’s submissions, the court docket disposed of the plea calling it a “unhappy and unlucky” incident.
Shahzadi Khan Case
Shahzadi Khan was imprisoned in Abu Dhabi’s Al Wathba jail and was sentenced to dying for the dying of a kid who was below her care.
In response to Shabbir Khan’s petition, his daughter travelled to Abu Dhabi in December 2021 after acquiring a authorized visa.
In August 2022, her employer gave beginning to a son for whom Khan was employed as a caregiver. The toddler handed away on December 7, 2022, after receiving routine vaccinations.
The plea additionally talked about a video recording which allegedly confirmed Khan confessing to the toddler’s murder in December 2023. Nevertheless, it claimed that the confession was extracted by means of torture and abuse by her employer and household.
It additionally claimed that the toddler’s mother and father refused consent for a postmortem and signed an settlement to waive additional investigation into the dying.
The person alleged that whereas the Indian Embassy did present his daughter with authorized counsel, she was pressured into confessing to murder and denied her sufficient illustration.
Khan’s enchantment in September 2023 was dismissed, and the dying penalty was upheld on February 28, 2024.
Following this, Shabbir Khan had filed a brand new mercy petition in Might 2024. On February 14, 2025, he acquired a name from his incarcerated daughter, suggesting imminent execution. He then filed a proper request with the Overseas Ministry on February 20, 2025, looking for an inquiry into her authorized standing and wellbeing, however acquired no replace.
