33-year-old Indian woman on death row in Abu Dhabi executed, Delhi HC told

An Indian woman on death row in Abu Dhabi for the alleged murder of a fourmonthold child has already been executed on February 15 the Delhi High Court was informed on Monday as per news agency PTIThe womans father had filed a plea in the Delhi High Court seeking to know her wellbeing On being informed about the development Justice Sachin Datta termed it very unfortunateIt is over She was executed on February 15 Her last rites will be held on March 5 Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma told the courtShahzadi Khan was handed over to the Abu Dhabi Police on February 10 2023 and she was sentenced to death on July 31 the same year She was lodged in the Al Wathba jail PTI reportedHer father Shabbir a resident of Uttar Pradeshs Banda said there was profound uncertainty regarding his daughters situation and claimed that his repeated applications to the Ministry of External Affairs MEA for clarification were fruitlessHis plea further alleged that Khan was inadequately represented before the local courts in the case over the alleged murder of her employers child and she was pressured into confessing the crime leading to the imposition of the death penalty on herDuring the hearing the petitioners counsel said his limited prayer was to know whether his daughter was alive or she had been hanged PTI reportedHe said on February 14 Khan had called the family from the prison saying that she would be executed in a day or two and this would be her last call Since then they were unaware of her wellbeing the womans father saidThe Centres counsel told the Delhi High Court that the Embassy officials and the petitioner were in touch and arrangements were being made so that the family could attend their daughters last rites in Abu DhabiWe did our best We hired a law firm there to represent her in court But the laws there deal with the murder of an infant very severely he submittedThe petition said On February 14 2025 the petitioners daughter telephoned him from detention informing him that she had been relocated within the facility and that prior to her potential execution her final wish was to speak with her parentsThe petitioner with considerable effort submitted an application dated February 21 2025 to the Ministry of External Affairs seeking to ascertain the current legal status of his daughter and confirm whether she remains alive or has been executed it addedAccording to the plea the woman travelled to Abu Dhabi in December 2021 after obtaining a visa In August 2022 her employer gave birth to a son for whom Khan was employed as a caregiver On December 7 2022 the infant received routine vaccinations and tragically passed away that evening it saidThe womans father claimed that the infants parents refused consent for a postmortem and also signed an agreement to waive further investigation into the deathWith PTI inputs