An Indian woman was executed in Abu Dhabi after being convicted of killing her employer's child - a charge that her family denies.

Shahzadi Khan, 33, was executed on 15 February, her family were informed on Monday.

The Indian external affairs ministry informed Delhi high court that they received confirmation of Khan's execution from UAE authorities last week.

It came after her father Shabbir Khan had petitioned the Delhi court to ascertain information on his daughter's condition.

Shahzadi Khan travelled to Abu Dhabi in 2021 from her village in Uttar Pradesh, after an Indian businessman on Facebook offered her the promise of a better future in the Gulf country.

She believed that future would involve medical treatment for severe burns she suffered as a child.

However, when she arrived in November 2021, she found that she had been "sold" to a married Indian couple as a bonded labourer, her father told The Independent.

Her main responsibility was to care for the couple's newborn child.

The child died in February 2022, and the couple immediately accused Khan of being responsible.

According to court documents, Khan was accused of asphyxiating the child because she was angry over "mistreatment and nondelivery of salaries".

Khan and her family strongly denied the allegations…