‘Blood money’… the only support that can save Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya from being hanged in Yemen, know the whole story of reaching the noose – Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya story Blood money only support that can save Nimisha Priya in Yemen ntcprr
Nurse Nimisha Priya, resident of Palakkad, Kerala, is facing death sentence in Yemen jail. In 2017, Nimisha was accused of the murder of a Yemeni citizen, Talal Abdo Mehdi. The case reached the Supreme Court of Yemen, where Nimisha was sentenced to death. After this, in November 2023, she did not even get relief from the Supreme Judicial Council of Yemen and Nimisha’s appeal was rejected. Yemen’s President Rashad Muhammad Al-Alimi has also approved it. In such a situation, there is now one last way to save their lives – blood money.
Who is Nimisha Priya?
According to the report of The Hindu, in 2008, when Nimisha was 19 years old, she went to Yemen to help her parents. Nimisha started working as a nurse in Yemen. In the year 2017, there was a turning point in the life of Nimisha, who went abroad to help her family, which changed everything. Nimisha is accused of murdering her business partner and Yemeni citizen Talal Abdo Mahdi. This case reached the Yemeni court and in 2020 he was sentenced to death.
murder case
According to media reports, Talal Abdo Mahdi had made Nimisha’s life hell. Talal assured to help Nimisha first. Then his documents were tampered with and he was shown as his wife and he was exploited financially.
Nimisha asked for help several times, but there was no hearing. According to reports, Talal tortured her physically and mentally. Amidst this torture, Nimisha gave a medicine to Talal to make him unconscious, but he died due to overdose.
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Sharia law is applicable in Yemen. Under this law, death sentence is given in case of murder. Yemen’s Supreme Court and Supreme Judicial Council rejected his appeal in November 2023.
What is blood money?
Blood money is a practice in which a person guilty of murder can be pardoned if he pays a huge amount as compensation to the family of the deceased. This amount is decided under agreement with the family of the deceased.
Nimisha’s family has intensified efforts to collect blood money. His lawyer Subhash Chandran, while talking to BBC, said that till now two installments of US $ 40,000 (about Rs 38 lakh) have been given. This amount is being used to convince the family of the deceased and reach a compromise.
However, an amount of about $4 lakh (Rs 3.5 crore) still remains to be raised. ‘Save Nimisha Priya International Action Council’ was formed in 2020 for this work. This organization is trying to collect funds and reach an agreement.
role of government
The Government of India has said that this matter is in its cognizance. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday that they are making every possible effort to help Nimisha. After the civil war in Yemen started in 2015, India withdrew its embassy from Sana’a. Now this embassy operates in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In such a situation, the challenges in matters of negotiations and blood money have increased further.
Nimisha’s family and lawyers are still expecting an apology from the President of Yemen and the family of the deceased.
