India, March 6 -- Two of three Indian nationals recently executed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) - Shahzadi Khan and Muhammed Rinash Arangilottu - were buried in Abu Dhabi on Thursday in keeping with local regulations, the external affairs ministry said.

The case of Khan - sentenced to death after being convicted of being responsible for the death of a child in her care - has been in the spotlight because an effort mounted her family to save her. She was executed on February 15. Subsequently, it emerged that two Indian men had also been executed after being convicted of murder.

Khan was buried in Abu Dhabi according to the regulations of UAE authorities, the external affairs ministry said. Prior to the burial, authorised representati...