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Nimisha Priya, Premakumari | Photo: Mathrubhumi archives
New Delhi: Premakumari, the mother of Malayali nurse Nimisha Priya who is in jail in Sana'a, Yemen, on a death sentence for murdering a Yemeni man, will leave for the Arab nation on Saturday to hold discussions for the release of her daughter.
Samuel Jerome, a member of the Save Nimisha Priya International Action Council will also board the flight along with Premakumari. The duo will fly from Kochi via Mumbai to Yemen.
They will land at Aden international airport and will travel to Sana’a by road. They are expected to meet Nimisha Priya in the prison on Sunday or Monday.
India at the moment does not have any diplomatic ties with the government in Yemen. The embassy has been shifted to Djibouti. Hence, the discussions are being mediated by the Save Nimisha Priya Action Council.
Advocate K.R. Subhash Chandran had taken up the case in the Delhi High Court for Nimisha Priya’s mother; he was also in constant touch with the External Affairs Ministry regarding the same.
In response to this, Tanuj Shankar, who is a Director at the MEA informed Premakumari that the Indian government will not be able to take up the responsibilities if the family decides to visit Nimisha Priya.
The nurse was found guilty of killing a Yemeni national with the help of another person in 2017. She chopped the body into pieces and dumped it into the water tank in her house. Nimisha Priya is a native of Kollengode in Palakkad. She was arrested while attempting to escape after committing the crime. The court awarded the death penalty after trial in 2018.
Later, a court in Yemen dismissed a plea seeking relaxation in the punishment. Then again, a review petition was dismissed by the Yemeni Supreme Court as well. Meanwhile, according to the court, Nimisha Priya's death sentence could be upheld if Mahdi's family agrees to pardon her. The death penalty can be waived in Islamic law if the victim's family pardons the convict, and this can include payment of "blood money" (compensation paid to the victim's family).
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