Amroha convict Shabnam shifted to Bareilly jail after security breach

Lucknow : Amroha convict Shabnam is once again in the news. This time a photo of her went viral on social media, in which she is seen with a female prisoner. After which the Rampur administration suspended the two officers. Also, Shabnam has been transferred to Bareilly District Jail. Shabnam was in jail in Rampur for the last one and a half years.

According to the information, a photo of Shabnam has gone viral, which is being told of District Prison Rampur. Later, when the administration investigated the entire matter, it was found to be correct. Subsequently, a female and a male detainee were suspended. Also, departmental action was ordered against them. Seeing the seriousness of the matter, the Rampur District Magistrate also came into action and ordered Shabnam to be sent to Bareilly Jail. Another female prisoner along with Shabnam has also been sent to Bareilly Jail.

On 15 April 2008, Shabnam, along with her lover Salim, killed her parents, two brothers, sisters-in-law and innocent nephew in village Bawankhedi of Hasanpur in Amroha district. After this, on 15 July 2010, the Amroha Sessions Court sentenced Salim and Shabnam to death. Both went to the High Court and the Supreme Court against this decision, but they didn’t get relief. After this, the President also dismissed Shabnam’s mercy petition. Recently Shabnam’s hanging was postponed as the district court in Amroha sought prosecution details of the convict Shabnam, but a mercy petition was filed before the governor on behalf of Shabnam’s lawyer. Due to the filing of a mercy petition again, the date of hanging has not been fixed.