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Delhi Police Send Team to Bareilly to Question Cousin of Murder Victim

Investigators uncovered Khan’s internet searches detailing murder methods, launching a coordinated probe across Delhi and Uttar Pradesh

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