Overview
- Farzana Khan, 29, is accused of stabbing her husband, Mohammed Shahid, to death and taking him to Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital claiming he killed himself
- Post‐mortem findings showed three stab wounds inconsistent with suicide, prompting Delhi Police to reclassify the case as murder
- Digital forensics revealed Khan’s phone history included searches on killing methods and deleting chat records, indicating a premeditated plot
- Khan admitted she was unhappy with their marriage over sexual dissatisfaction and her husband’s gambling debts, and confessed to an affair with his cousin
- Police have dispatched a team to Bareilly to question the cousin and are continuing to analyze forensic and digital evidence while Khan remains in custody