Shahzadi Khan, an Indian caregiver from Uttar Pradesh, was executed in the United Arab Emirates on February 15. A day before her execution, on February 14, she made a final call to her father Shabbir Khan, informing him that she was being transferred from prison to another facility. Desperate to save his daughter, he ran from pillar to post, pleading for help. But it was too late — what had to happen, happened. She was executed.

The most heartbreaking part was that her father was not even informed in person. Instead, on February 28 — nearly two weeks later — he received a cold, impersonal text message from an Abu Dhabi number, confirming that his daughter had been put to death. This revelation came only after a petition was filed in the Delhi high court on February 21. It was only on March 4, when the ministry of external affairs responded to the court, that the truth was officially acknowledged.

Ali Mohammed, the family’s legal counsel, told Hindustan Times that the Indian government knew about the events but did not share it with the family. The government and its diplomatic channels not only failed to intervene but also acted callously by not informing a grieving........

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