Shabnam

MATHURA: Uttar Pradesh’s Shabnam, who is one of the two convicts in the Amroha murder case, will be the first Indian woman who will be hanged to death after India's independence. The Mathura Jail administration has already started preparations to hang this Uttar Pradesh resident who was found guilty of murdering seven members of her family. Meerut's hangman Pawan Jallad, who also carried out the execution of the 2012 Delhi gangrape and murder case convicts, has been asked to put Shabnam to the gallows. The hangman has already inspected Uttar Pradesh's only female execution centre situated in Mathura. It has been reported that the Mathura Jail administration has also ordered the rope used for hanging death row convicts. What did Shabnam do? 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. Shabnam used to live with her family in Amroha. Shabnam and Saleem were ... » Learn More about UP’s Shabnam may be the first woman to be hanged after India’s Independence, know all about her case

NEW DELHI: While preparations are underway at the Mathura Jail to execute Shabnam, the Amroha woman who was found guilty of murdering seven members of her family, her minor son has now appealed to President Ram Nath Kovind for clemency. According to reports, Shabnam's son Taz has made an emotional appeal to President Ram Nath Kovind urging him to forgive his mother's heinous crime and revoke her death sentence. The appeal by Shabnam’s son has come at a time when the death warrant for executing her at the Mathura Jail is due to be signed anytime. In his appeal to the President, Taz has urged him to pardon his mother's heinous crime. Taz often goes to the Rampur jail to meet his mother who has been sentenced to death for the sensational Amoraha murder case of 2008. Taz recalled that his mother loves him very much, hugs him and gives him money whenever he visits her in jail. Shabnam's only child, Taz, who now lives in Sushant Vihar Colony of Bulandshahar with his ... » Learn More about Pardon my mother’s crime: Amroha murder case convict Shabnam’s son Taz appeals to President against her death sentence

Amroha: With the decks having been cleared for the hanging of Shabnam and her paramour Salim - both accused of killing seven members of Shabnam's family - the stage is now set for the first Indian woman to be taken to the gallows in Independent India. Shabnam and Salim were convicted and awarded death sentence for the multiple murders by the sessions court and the Allahabad High Court before the Supreme Court upheld the verdict. Shabnam had filed a mercy petition before the President, which has now been turned down. It may be recalled that on April 15, 2008, Shabnam and her lover Saleem had wiped out the former's entire family in Amroha district in Uttar Pradesh . The duo was having an affair and wanted to get married. However, the woman's family was opposed to their marriage. The reaction to the multiple murders was so strong that people who had named their daughters as Shabnam had changed the names almost overnight. Meanwhile, Shabnam's uncle and aunt ... » Learn More about UP’s Shabnam first woman to be hanged in Independent India

New Delhi: Shabnam, a death row convict in the Amroha murder case, has filed a fresh mercy petition before UP Governor Anandiben Patel. She had been convicted of killing seven members of her family after sedating them in April 2008. Her mercy petition came while preparations are underway at the Mathura Jail to execute her. The Amroha woman was found guilty of murdering seven members of her family. Her minor son recently appealed to President Ram Nath Kovind for clemency . In 2008, Shabnam along with her lover Saleem had axed to death seven of her family members on the intervening night of April 14/15. Shabnam, who lived with her family in Amroha, was in love with Saleem and wanted to get married, but her family was opposed to their marriage so the duo planned the brutal murder. Five days after the sensational murders, she was arrested with her lover Salim on April 19, 2008. When arrested, Shabnam was seven weeks pregnant. She delivered a baby in December 2008. ... » Learn More about Shabnam, death row convict in Amroha murder case, files fresh mercy plea before UP Governor Anandiben Patel

Lucknow : Shabnam, a convict in the Amroha murder case, has got respite as her hanging has stayed till Uttar Pradesh governor Anandiben Patel's decision on her mercy plea. Shabnam who has been convicted of killing seven members of her family after sedating them in April 2008, had filed a fresh mercy petition before the UP Governor. Her mercy petition came amid preparations at the Mathura Jail to execute her. Her son had also recently appealed to President Ram Nath Kovind for clemency. Back in 2008, Shabnam along with her lover Saleem had axed to death seven of her family members on the intervening night of April 14/15. Shabnam lived with her family in Amroha and was in love with Saleem who she wanted to get married to. However, her family was opposed to their marriage, so the duo planned the brutal murder. Shabnam, a double MA (English and Geography) degree holder, was arrested with her lover Salim on April 19, 2008. When arrested, Shabnam was seven weeks ... » Learn More about Amroha murder case: Shabnam gets respite, hanging stayed till UP governor’s decision on her mercy plea

“The Shabnam that I knew was very different from the one that the world loves to hate.” Usman Saifi makes this statement many times during the conversation. The Bulandshahr-based freelance journalist is the foster father of death row convict Shabnam Ali’s son Taj. Shabnam, along with her lover Saleem, was convicted of killing seven members of her family , including a 10-month-old nephew, in 2008. If executed, she will be the first woman in Independent India to be hanged for a crime. On February 18, Shabnam filed a second mercy petition with the Governor of Uttar Pradesh and the President of India, both of whom have earlier rejected her plea. Around the same time, news spread that preparations were being made at Mathura jail, the only one in the country where female convicts can be hanged. The news of her review petition and Taj’s appeal to spare his mother of the gallows once again turned the focus on the child Taj and Mr. Saifi, who had to plead for privacy from the probing ... » Learn More about The Shabnam that I knew was very different, says adoptive father of death row convict’s son

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'For many years, we didn't speak.' IMAGE: Lata Mangeshkar, right, with Asha Bhosle. Photograph: Kind courtesy Asha Bhosle/Instagram Lata Mangeshkar regrets not being able to meet Asha Bhosle on her younger sister's birthday on September 8. "Unfortunately, we are living though a pandemic," Lata ji tells Subhash K Jha . "Asha is far away in Lonavala for the last five months. We couldn't meet for her birthday, but we did speak on the phone. She called to get my blessings. I don't think her birthday is complete without my best wishes," she adds. And to think that people consider them rivals. Lata ji brushes off the gossip. "That is an outdated rumour spread by malicious people," she says. "Yes, we did have our differences when Asha married someone far older than her at an age when she was too young to understand the repercussions. For many years, we didn't speak. But then family is family. We made up." What about the fact that Lata ji ... » Learn More about Lata on Asha: ‘Yes, we did have our differences’

(This story was first published in the Times of India on February 18, 2021) MATHURA/DEHRADUN/MEERUT: The Mathura district jail has started preparations to hang a woman for the first time in independent India. Shabnam Ali, 38, was convicted of killing seven members of her family — her mother, father, two brothers, sister-in-law, cousin and 10-month-old nephew — by serving them milk laced with sedatives and then slitting their throats. Supreme Court (SC) again. In January last year, her review petition was dismissed by the SC. However, she has not exhausted all judicial remedies. ‘Haven’t got death warrant, but started preparing’ Though her lawyer told TOI that they have not been informed about a death warrant being issued in the one year since, at the Mathura district jail, the only one in the country where women can be hanged, preparations are afoot. Why nobody in this UP village will name their daughter Shabnam Preparations are on to hang Shabnam Ali, ... » Learn More about Preparations begin to hang a woman for 1st time post-1947

Justice delayed is justice denied--all of us have heard this but in DNA show on Monday our report will make you question if justice delayed can be considered true justice after all. Even after the delay of years, if the court gives the right verdict still many lives are affected due to the delay. Today we will tell you about a mother who has been sentenced to death and post-independence in India, Shabnam is likely to be the first woman to be hanged. Meanwhile, her innocent son is demanding the right of his mother. READ | UP’s Shabnam may be the first woman to be hanged after India's Independence The case belongs to the Amroha district of Uttar Pradesh where a girl named Shabnam had killed all 7 people of her family because she wanted to marry her boyfriend and her family was against the marriage. Shabnam felt that if she killed her family she will be able to get married and the property will also be in her name. But Shabnam was arrested with her boyfriend after the ... » Learn More about DNA Exclusive: How serious can be the consequences of delayed justice-an analysis