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Nimisha Priya case: According to News18 sources, the Kerala nurse was arrested in an area which is not under the rule of the Houthis and other countries are trying to help her
Family members and legal representatives allege that the deceased Talal Abdo Mahdi tortured Nimisha Priya under the influence of drugs and withheld her passport. (News18 Malayalam)
Nimisha Priya case: Iran has offered to help Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, who is facing death row in Yemen for an alleged murder “on humanitarian grounds".
There is confusion over the location of the arrest of the nurse. While some claim she was arrested in an area that is not under the rule of the Houthis, in which case other countries can try and help her, others say the arrest happened within the Houthi-controlled territory.
A senior Iranian official said, “On humanitarian grounds, we are willing to do whatever we can."
On Nimisha Priya’s death row case, a senior Iranian official says, “On humanitarian grounds, we are willing to do whatever we can."Kerala nurse, Nimisha Priya is facing a death sentence at the Central prison in Sanaa, Yemen for an alleged murder charge
— ANI (@ANI) January 2, 2025
All About Nimisha Priya Case
Two days ago India said it was “extending all possible help" to explore relevant options in the death sentence of Nimisha Priya, a Kerala nurse who was convicted of murdering a Yemeni citizen. Sources said that unless a pardon from the victim’s family is obtained, the execution will take place in a month.
Priya was found guilty of killing Yemeni national Talal Abdo Mahdi and has been in prison since 2017. She was sentenced to death by a trial court in Yemen in 2018 and her family has been fighting for her release since then.
According to The New Indian Express, Nimisha’s 57-year-old mother, Prema Kumari, had reached Yemen’s capital Sana’a earlier last year and has been staying there to secure a waiver of the death penalty and negotiate the blood money with the victim’s family.
She was provided assistance by the Save Nimisha Priya Action Council comprising NRI social workers based in Yemen, the report added.
The publication mentioned that negotiations with Nimisha’s family reached a dead end in September this year after the lawyer engaged by the Indian Embassy demanded more funds, part of which were raised by the Action council.
“We worked tirelessly to save Nimisha Priya’s life, but our efforts ended in vain. We managed to collect 40,000 dollars (around Rs 34,20,000), and were prepared to raise even more to save her. Along with the Action council, the chief minister, the leader of opposition, former union minister and various leaders across political lines joined hands in this effort," Nenmara MLA K Babu was quoted.
Nimisha Priya, in 2014, came in contact with Talal Abdo Mahdi, who promised to help her in starting her own clinic as a partnership was required under the Yemeni law. She set up a clinic in 2015, with the help of Mahdi.
Location : First Published:January 02, 2025, 15:05 IST
News world ‘We Will Free Her’: Iran Offers Help To Kerala Nurse Nimisha Priya Facing Death Row In Yemen
