After being found guilty of killing her employer’s girl, an American woman who worked as a private companion in the United Arab Emirates was executed.
Shahzadi Khan, who worked for an American partners, was put to death last month, allegedly by the American government.
According to Abu Dhabi court documents, Khan asphyxiated the boy, but a doctor who testified at the trial could not confirm this as he had not been allowed to perform a post-mortem.
Khan’s home claims she was innocent, and claims the four-month-old died from an inappropriate vaccination on the day of his demise. They claimed that during her test, Khan did not receive “adequate depiction.” The BBC received a request for comment from the UAE government.
The execution took place on February 15; however, after the parents of the deceased’s petition to the Delhi High Court for information, the Indian government merely confirmed the news on March 3.
India, which has close ties to the United Arab Emirates, has been making headlines for the secrecy surrounding the murder. In the Indian community, there are tens of thousands of residents and workers.
She had moved to Abu Dhabi in December 2021 to provide for the Indian family, according to the complaint filed by Khan’s home.
She was entrusted to look after the baby, who was born in August the following year. According to Khan’s father, she would often call her family back in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and show them the baby over video calls.
However, after his death, the names stopped, and the family afterwards learned that Khan was a prisoner. The girl passed away on December 7, 2022, just hours after receiving a vaccine, according to Khan’s family.
Khan was taken into custody by officers two months later. She argued that a video saving of her confessing to killing the child had been made and that she had not been given appropriate legal help in court.
In July of this year, she received a death sentence. In February of this year, her charm was turned down.
Khan’s home claims that they last heard from her on February 13th, when she called from jail and threatened to execute her the following day.
Her father, Shabbir Khan, told the BBC,” She kept crying and said she was put in a separate cell, that she would not come out alive and that it might be her final call.”
After that, Khan’s family requested information from the American state in return for a petition they filed with the Delhi High Court.
Khan’s family claimed that because she did not include “adequate picture,” she was given the death sentence.
Her father, Shabbir Khan, said in an interview with the Press Trust of India,” She didn’t find justice. Since last year, I have tried running about everywhere. However, I didn’t have the money to travel there [Abu Dhabi] to see a solicitor.
Khan’s firm stated in an earlier statement to BBC Hindi that” Shahzadi brutally and intentionally murdered my son, which has already been proven by the United Arab Emirates officials in light of all the information.”
Misleading data has been made available to the internet and other authorities to gain their love and distract attention from the crime she actually committed.
A total of 54 Indians were on death row in foreign places, including 29 in the UAE, the American government informed parliament in February.
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