Amroha murder case: Difference between revisions

| location        = Bawankhedi villlage in [[Hasanpur (Assembly constituency)|Hasanpur tehsil]] of [[Amroha]], [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].

| victims          = 7 of the same family

'''Amroha murder case''' refers to a April 2008 [[familicide]] in State of [[Uttar Pradesh]] by Shabnam and her lover Saleem, who murdered seven members of Shabnam's family by sedating six of them and then hacking them to death; the seventh victim, a ten month old baby was murdered unsedated.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Vishnu|first=Uma|date=2015-06-07|title=Shabnam & Saleem: The relationship that claimed seven lives of a family|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/sunday-story-shabnam-saleem-the-amroha-murders/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-18|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=23 January 2021|title=Amroha killings: Finality of death penalty important, says SC|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/amroha-killings-finality-of-death-penalty-important-says-sc-30552|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-18|website=Tribune India|language=en}}</ref>

Media reports in February 2021 stated that Shabnam is likely be the first woman to be hanged in independent India. The [[List of governors of Uttar Pradesh|Governor of Uttar Pradesh]] as well as the [[President of India]] rejected Shabnam's mercy petition. Now her 12 year old son Muhmmed Taj has requested the President of India to cancel her punishment.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sachdev|first=Geetika|date=20 February 2021|title=Shabnam Ali: The First Woman To Be Hanged In Independent India|url=https://in.makers.yahoo.com/shabnam-ali-first-woman-hanged-independent-india-042742675.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-02-20|website=in.makers.yahoo.com|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-18|title=Shabnam, First woman to be hanged after India's Independence: Know More|url=https://pragativadi.com/shabnam-first-woman-to-be-hanged-after-indias-independence-know-more/|access-date=2021-02-18|website=Pragativadi|language=en}}</ref>

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