Neia was convicted of having murdered Anjuman, for which he then was incarcerated. Tribal elders in Herat began to press Anjuman's ailing father to forgive Neia for her death, in order to shorten Neia's prison sentence. With the promise that Neia would remain in prison for five years, Anjuman's father relented, Anjuman's death was officially deemed a suicide by the Afghan courts -- and Neia was released just one month later. Her father died shortly thereafter from the shock, according to Anjuman's brother.