New Delhi, Nov 17: The Delhi Hight Court was informed by the Central Government that the Supreme Court in Yemen on November 13 had dismissed the appeal of Malayali nurse Nimisha Priya against the death sentence imposed on her for murdering a Yemeni national.
The ultimate verdict now rests in the hands of the President of Yemen, as communicated by the government to the High Court on Thursday.
The court was listening to a writ petition filed by Nimisha Priya’s mother, who is seeking permission to travel to Yemen for negotiations with the victim’s family by offering blood money.
The Delhi high court asked the Centre to take a decision within a week on a request to travel to Yemen from the mother.
Who is Malayali nurse Nimisha Priya?
Nimisha Priya is convicted of murdering Talal Abdo Mahdi-Yemeni national who died in July 2017 after she injected him with sedatives in order to get her passport from his possession.
It was stated that she did this so she could take her passport from him while he was unconscious. However, he died due to overdose.
Priya and her colleague Hanan-a Yemini national, reportedly chopped his body before they disposed Mahdi’s body in a water tank. In 2018, Priya was awarded capital punishment while Hanan was sentenced to life imprisonment.
Priya who is also a mother of a child worked in Yemen’s Sana’a since 2011.
Earlier this year, Priya’s mother moved the Delhi high court seeking permission to travel to Yemen in spite of a travel ban for Indian nationals to save her daughter.
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