UP woman Shahzadi Khan, 33, executed in UAE for 4-month-old’s murder | India News

NEW DELHI: An Indian woman on demise row in Abu Dhabi for the alleged murder of a four-month-old toddler was executed on February 15, the Centre knowledgeable Shahzadi Khan’s horrified household in Delhi excessive court docket on Monday.
Indian embassy was knowledgeable about execution solely on Feb 28. “It is over. She was executed on Feb 15. Her last rites will be held on March 5,” a senior legislation officer representing Centre instructed Justice Sachin Datta.
HC was listening to the woman’s father’s plea in search of the MEA’s intervention to search out out about her well-being. “It is very unfortunate,” the court docket mentioned, at the same time as further SG Chetan Sharma assured the court docket that embassy officers & the petitioner had been in contact and preparations had been being made so the household might attend daughter’s final rites in UAE.

We did our greatest to save lots of Shahzadi. We employed a legislation agency there to symbolize her in court docket. But the legal guidelines there deal with the demise of an toddler severely, further SG Chetan Sharma mentioned. MEA mentioned Shahzadi Khan, 33, was convicted and sentenced to demise for murder of an toddler and Indian embassy was knowledgeable concerning the execution solely on Feb 28. Govt sources had mentioned on Feb 17 {that a} overview petition had been filed and the matter was nonetheless below a consideration.
“The embassy provided all possible legal assistance to Shahzadi, including sending mercy petitions and pardon requests to the govt of UAE. UAE authorities intimated the embassy on Feb 28 that the sentence of Shahzadi has been carried out in accordance with local laws. Family of Shahzadi has been informed of the matter,” the ministry mentioned, including the best court docket of UAE, the court docket of Cassation, had upheld the sentence.
Her father, Shabbir Khan, a resident of UP’s Banda, had approached court docket saying there was “profound uncertainty” over his daughter’s scenario and his repeated purposes to MEA for clarification had been fruitless.
The father’s plea claimed that Shahzadi was inadequately represented earlier than the native courts and he or she was pressured into confessing, resulting in imposition of demise penalty. The father alleged that the toddler’s dad and mom had refused consent for a postmortem and likewise signed an settlement to waive additional investigation into the demise, however nonetheless his daughter was arraigned & held responsible.