The Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) knowledgeable the Delhi Excessive Courtroom on Monday that Shahzadi Khan, a girl from Uttar Pradesh sentenced to demise within the UAE for allegedly killing a toddler, was executed on February 15, 2025.
Shabbir Khan, the daddy of Shahzadi Khan had on March 1 approached the Delhi Excessive Courtroom looking for a directive to the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) and applicable authorities to difficulty a bulletin and confirm info concerning the precise present authorized standing and well-being of his daughter.
The ASG Chetan Sharma additionally acknowledged that the authorities are extending all attainable help and that her cremation is scheduled for the 5 of March.
Who was Shahzadi Khan from Uttar Pradesh?
Shahzadi Khan, 33, was allegedly deceived by a fraudster and trafficked to Abu Dhabi earlier than being implicated within the demise of an toddler, against the law she vehemently denied committing.
Imprisoned within the Al Batwa jail, she could possibly be executed any day after 20 September 2024, her father Shabbir Khan had knowledgeable in 2024. Shabbir Khan is a resident of Goira Mughlai village in northern Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district.
What Occurred to Shahzadi Khan?
Shahzadi Khan’s ordeal started in 2021, throughout the Covid pandemic, when she befriended a person named Uzair on Fb.
Her father mentioned Shahzadi was promised therapy for the burns on her face and physique she sustained as a toddler after boiling sizzling water by chance fell on her, The Unbiased reported.
“Uzair informed her he would have the ability to get her higher medical consideration within the UAE and, circumstances allowing, even a job,” The Unbiased quoted Shabbir Khan mentioned.
“He informed her his uncle and aunt lived in Abu Dhabi they usually may assist with a vacationer visa. And she or he may work for them whereas she was there.”
Uzair, from Agra in Uttar Pradesh, claimed to be a social employee and businessman. “Shahzadi was hesitant,” the daddy informed The Unbiased. “Uzair reassured her, ‘The visa is just for 90 days and you may return after that.’”
Shabbir Khan claimed that after arriving in UAE in November 2021 his daughter, Shahzadi Khan, found that her visa was for six months and she or he had been “offered” to a married couple as a bonded labourer, apparently for a hefty quantity.
She was tasked to care of the couple’s four-month-old child.
The child died in February and Shahzadi Khan was implicated to protect the couple from blame,” Shahzadi Khan’s father claimed.
She was “trapped and compelled to signal a false confession” by the newborn’s mom, resulting in her wrongful conviction, he added.
In 2024, Shabbir Khan had appealed to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and safe clemency for his baby.
