New Delhi: In the history of Independent India, a woman prisoner is all set to be hanged till death for rarest of the crime she has been held guilty of.
The woman prisoner, set to be hanged inside Mathura jail, is named Shabnam and belongs to Amroha.
The woman from Amroha has been convicted of murdering 7 members of her family members with an axe, with the help of her lover named Salim in April 2008.
Preparations underway to hang Shabnam
The Mathura Jail administration has already started preparations to hang the woman, hailing from Amroha of Uttar Pradesh. Rope has been ordered from Bihar’s Buxar. However, the date to carry out the death sentence remains to be decided.
Meerut’s Pawan Jallad, who also carried out the execution of the men convicted of the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case, has inspected Uttar Pradesh’s only female hangout situated in Mathura
Brutal murder and her conviction
The incident dates back to 2008, when Shabnam along with her lover Saleem, had axed to death seven of her family members on the intervening night of April 14/15.
According to reports, Shabnam used to live with her family in Amroha. Shabnam and Saleem were having an affair and wanted to get married. However, Shabnam’s family was opposed to their marriage so the duo planned the brutal murder.
During the investigation, it was found that Shabnam had abetted Saleem in the crime as she made her family members drink milk laced with sedatives before hacking them to death. She didn’t even spare her little nephew who was strangulated to death, a leading portal reported.
The case was heard in Amroha court for over two years, following which District Judge SAA Hussaini ruled in 2010 that Shabnam and Salim should be hanged till death.
In 2010, the Allahabad High Court upheld the death sentence awarded to the duo by the Sessions court and the Supreme Court upheld Shabnam’s death sentence in January last year.
The President had also rejected her mercy petition.
1st female hanging house built in Mathura, 150 years ago
The execution will mark the first time a woman prisoner will be hanged till death in the history of independent India.
The first female hanging house was built in Mathura jail almost 150 years ago, but no woman has been hanged since Independence.
However, the date of execution is yet to be fixed as no death warrant has been issued so far.
