- Wednesday, January 08, 2025
The 37-year-old nurse hails from Palakkad in Kerala and has been found guilty of murdering a Yemeni citizen in July, 2017
By: India Weekly
THE YEMEN embassy in New Delhi has clarified that the capital punishment handed to Indian nurse Nimisha Priya by a Yemeni court has not been ratified by President Rashad al-Alimi, Indian Express reports.
Responding to media reports, the Yemen Embassy on Monday said that the entire case has been handled by the Houthi militias, and therefore, Rashad Al-Alimi, Chairman of the Presidential Leadership Council, Yemen, has not ratified this judgment.
The 37-year-old nurse, who hails from Kollengode in Kerala’s Palakkad district, has been found guilty of murdering a Yemeni citizen in July, 2017.
According to reports, Nimisha Priya was handed capital punishment by a trial court in 2020 which was upheld in November 2023 by the Yemen’s Supreme Judicial Council.
The Yemeni national, Talal Abdo Mahdi, reportedly died from an overdose of sedatives allegedly injected by Priya to retrieve her passport from him.
Last week, the Indian government officials had assured help to the family.
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said on Friday, “We are closely following the developments around the sentencing of Nimisha Priya. The government is extending all possible help in the matter.”
Priya’s mother, Prema Kumari, currently in Sana’a, had earlier made an appeal to the Indian government to save her daughter’s life. (Agencies)
