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Shabnam, one of the two convicts in the Amroha murder case, is set to become the first women in independent India to get hanged. Preparations have begun in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura prison as it’s the only prison in the country where females are executed. Meerut’s Pawan Jhalad recently visited the prison for inspection, however execution date is yet to finalized. On April 15, 2008, Shabnam and Salim killed her entire family because the family members were becoming obstacles in the path of their relationship and not allowing them to get married. During the probe, it was revealed that on the night of crime, the woman made her family members drink milk laced with sedatives before killing them along with her lover. Seven members of a family, including a 10-month-old child, were axed to death. Shabnam initially told police that she was sleeping on the terrace since it was hot and had come down as it started raining and came to know about the murders. Cops also recovered the axe used to commit murders and blood-stained shirt of Salim. Shabnam was seven weeks pregnant when she was arrested. She delivered a baby in December 2008. A local court first heard the case and held both Shabnam and Salim guilty and announced capital punishment. The duo challenged the judgment in the Supreme Court which upheld the decision of the lower court. Shabnam and Salim also sent a mercy petition to the President, but their pleas were rejected.

Shabnam, one of the two convicts in the Amroha murder case, is set to become the first women in independent India to get hanged. Preparations have begun in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura prison as it’s the only prison in the country where females are executed. Meerut’s Pawan Jhalad recently visited the prison for inspection, however execution date is yet to finalized. On April 15, 2008, Shabnam and Salim killed her entire family because the family members were becoming obstacles in the path of their relationship and not allowing them to get married. During the probe, it was revealed that on the night of crime, the woman made her family members drink milk laced with sedatives before killing them along with her lover. Seven members of a family, including a 10-month-old child, were axed to death. Shabnam initially told police that she was sleeping on the terrace since it was hot and had come down as it started raining and came to know about the murders. Cops also recovered the axe used to commit murders and blood-stained shirt of Salim. Shabnam was seven weeks pregnant when she was arrested. She delivered a baby in December 2008. A local court first heard the case and held both Shabnam and Salim guilty and announced capital punishment. The duo challenged the judgment in the Supreme Court which upheld the decision of the lower court. Shabnam and Salim also sent a mercy petition to the President, but their pleas were rejected.