Love Turned Her Into a Killer | The Shabnam Case | Crime Seen

In 2008, the quiet village of Bawankhedi in Uttar Pradesh was shaken by one of India's most shocking family murder cases. Shabnam, a schoolteacher, and her lover Salim were accused of plotting the murder of seven members of Shabnam's own family. What followed was a complex investigation involving conflicting statements, evidence, interrogation and a long legal battle. In this episode of Crime Seen, we trace the Bawankhedi murders, the relationship between Shabnam and Salim, the night of the killings, the police investigation, the evidence presented in court, and the subsequent legal proceedings. This is the disturbing story of how a family was destroyed from within—and how investigators eventually uncovered the alleged conspiracy.