The Indian government on Friday (July 18) informed the Supreme Court that efforts are underway to bring back Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya safely from Yemen.The Court was informed by Attorney General R Venkataramani, appearing for the government, that the death sentence of Nimisha has been postponed by the Yemeni authorities and the Indian government is making all possible efforts in this regard, as per news agency PTI.
He also stated that the government wants Priya to come out safely.
Save Nimisha Priya International Action Council, the organisation sought the Court’s permission to travel to the West Asian country to convince the family of Talal Abdo Mahdi to accept blood money and pardon Nimisha, who is convicted of his murder.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta granted liberty to the counsel of the organisation to approach the Indian government by filing a representation in this matter, as per news agency ANI.
Read more: Indian government offering all possible assistance to Nimisha Priya’s family, says MEANimisha Priya is facing a death sentence for killing Mahdi in 2017. He was her business partner who later started to torture and sexually abuse her and even confiscated her passport.
He also stated that the government wants Priya to come out safely.
Save Nimisha Priya International Action Council, the organisation sought the Court’s permission to travel to the West Asian country to convince the family of Talal Abdo Mahdi to accept blood money and pardon Nimisha, who is convicted of his murder.A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta granted liberty to the counsel of the organisation to approach the Indian government by filing a representation in this matter, as per news agency ANI.
Read more: Indian government offering all possible assistance to Nimisha Priya’s family, says MEANimisha Priya is facing a death sentence for killing Mahdi in 2017. He was her business partner who later started to torture and sexually abuse her and even confiscated her passport.
In order to escape and get her passport back, Priya decided to inject the man with sedatives but the man died of an overdose.
She was convicted in 2018. Her re-appeals in 2020 and 2023 were rejected and in 2024 the Yemeni President confirmed her execution for July 16, 2025, which has been postponed.
The execution was postponed after India’s Muslim leader approached a renowned sheikh in Yemen.
However, the deceased man’s family has reportedly denied to pardon Nimisha and denied to accept any kind of blood money, stating that only retribution as per Shariat Law will be accepted by the family.
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