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Last Updated:July 11, 2025, 22:18 IST
Nimisha Priya Execution: Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya's family offered $1 million to the victim's relatives in Yemen to save her from execution.
Nimisha Priya from Kerala’s Palakkad district moved to Yemen in 2008. Her only hope lies in securing a pardon through 'diyya' or blood money under Sharia law. (Photo: News18 Malayalam)
With just three days left before the scheduled execution of Nimisha Priya, a Kerala nurse convicted of murdering a Yemeni national in 2017, her family offered $1 million as ‘blood money’ to the victim’s relatives in a final bid to save her life. Babu John, an activist with the Save Nimisha Priya Action Council, confirmed that negotiations are ongoing in Yemen’s capital Sana’a, where family representative Samuel Jerome is leading the talks on behalf of Nimisha Priya’s family.
“The status is that the power of attorney holder for Nimisha’s family, Samuel Jerome, who is already in Yemen’s Sana’a, is leading the negotiation from our side. It took many months to negotiate and we have proposed $1 million to save Nimisha Priya," Babu John said as per NDTV. He added, “The Yemeni man’s family has not said yes or no. Once the family says yes, we will mobilise the funds and give them to the family if they are ready to pardon Nimisha."
Under Sharia law, which governs Yemen’s legal system, a convicted person can be spared execution if the victim’s family accepts blood money (called diyaa) and agrees to grant a pardon. The law permits such pardons to be issued even minutes before the execution.
“That is the important thing. Apart from the money, within the Sharia law… we are requesting the family to pardon Nimisha for whatever she did or whatever she is accused of. If the family is ready to pardon with or without money… anyway we are ready to pay $1 million. That is the offer," Babu John told the outlet.
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