New Delhi (Pakistan News Online) Law enforcement agencies in the North East area of the Indian capital New Delhi have finally arrested ‘Lady Don’ Zoya Khan, who was believed to be the wife of notorious gangster Hashim Baba and the head of his criminal network.
Zoya Khan was arrested from the Welcome area with 270 grams of heroin, which is estimated to be worth about Rs 1 crore in the international market.
According to NDTV, 35-year-old Zoya Khan had been on the police radar for many years but had managed to evade arrest every time. She had taken over the command of her husband’s gang after he went to jail, but due to lack of legal evidence, the police could not take any concrete action against her. However, this time the Special Cell, acting on solid information, caught her red-handed.
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Hashim Baba has several serious cases registered against him, including murder, extortion and arms smuggling. Zoya khan is his third wife who married Baba in 2017. Before that, she was in a relationship with someone else, but after her divorce, she came close to Hashim Baba. The two were neighbors in North East Delhi and this is where their relationship grew stronger.
Zoya took over the gang’s affairs and built a strong network after Hashim Baba went to jail. According to police sources, her role was somewhat similar to Dawood Ibrahim’s sister Haseena Parker, who used to oversee Dawood’s illegal business.
Zoya was not only involved in drug and extortion but was also fond of expensive clothes, branded items and a luxurious lifestyle. Zoya often met her husband in Tihar Jail.
Police claim that Hashim Baba trained her to run the gang through code words and he used to instruct her to handle financial matters and gang operations from inside the jail. Apart from this, she was also in touch with criminal networks and her husband’s associates outside the jail.
Police suspect that Zoya khan also sheltered the shooters involved in the murder of gym owner Nader Shah in South Delhi’s Greater Kailash. Nader Shah was shot dead in September 2024 and Zoya was questioned by the Special Cell office last month in connection with the case.
Zoya’s family background is also linked to crime. Her mother was arrested in a human trafficking case in 2024 but is out on bail at the time. Her father’s name has also been linked to drug networks.
Zoya herself used to hide in different areas of North East Delhi, especially Usmanpur, and was always surrounded by four to five armed guards who are considered loyal to her husband.
The area has long been under the influence of several criminal gangs, including the Chinno gang, the Hashim Baba gang, and the Nasir Pehlwan gang. Earlier, these gangs were mostly involved in drug trafficking, but after 2007, bloody clashes between them became common.
Despite Hashim Baba’s arrest, a large part of his gang’s earnings continued to come through Zoya. According to the police, Baba’s name also came up in the Nader Shah murder case, and while in jail, he confessed to his crime and took the name of famous gangster Lawrence Bishnoi.