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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Namita Singh

Indian woman, 33, quietly executed in Abu Dhabi for infant’s murder

Shahzadi Khan’s family maintains she was wrongly implicated in murder of an infant - (Supplied)

An Indian woman sentenced to death in Abu Dhabi in the murder of a four-month-old child was executed on 15 February, weeks before her family and the Indian embassy was officially informed, the Delhi High Court was told on Monday.

Shahzadi Khan, 33, had been in custody since 10 February 2023 before being convicted and sentenced to death on 31 July that year. She was held at Al Wathba prison, where she was executed last month.

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