NEW DELHI: The father of UP woman Shahzadi Khan, who is facing death sentence in the United Arab Emirates, has approached the Delhi High Court, seeking the intervention of the ministry of external affairs (MEA). In his plea, he has requested the court to direct the MEA and relevant authorities to issue a bulletin and obtain precise information about his daughter’s current legal status and well-being.
Shahzadi, a resident of Banda district, was lodged in Abu Dhabi jail for the murder of a four-month-old child.
Last year, her father Shabbir had urged President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene and save his daughter’s life.
Then Shabbir had revealed that Shahzadi suffered facial burns during childhood. During the Covid lockdown, she worked with the ‘Roti Bank of Banda’ organization and befriended Uzair, an Agra resident, through Facebook. In November 2021, Uzair sent her to Dubai under the pretext of seeking medical treatment. His relatives, including his uncle Faiz, aunt Nazia, and Nazia’s mother-in-law Anjum Sahana Begum, reside in Dubai.
“Nazia gave birth to a son, who died at the age of four months and 21 days, and Shahzadi has been implicated in the murder of this child,” he had said.
“At present my daughter Shahzadi is lodged in Abu Dhabi’s Al Batwa jail and she (Shahzadi) called on Sunday to inform me that she could be hanged any time after September 20,” he said.
“On the order of a court, an FIR was lodged in Mataundh police station on July 15, 2024 for selling his daughter in Dubai, but Investigation Officer (IO) Sub Inspector Mohammad Akram did not take a single step in the investigation,” he had alleged.