Kerala nurse get death sentence in killing of Yemeni national says Blood Money’ only hope
Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 19th Nov. According to media reports on Saturday a Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya sentenced to death in the killing of Yemeni national in 2017 said that ‘Blood Money’ is the only hope.
The lawyer said that blood money’ negotiation remains the only way to save Nimisha Priya, given death sentence in Yemen after the rejection of her appeal by the Supreme Court.
Priya was sentenced to death in a 2017 case of murder of a Yemeni national.
She filed an appeal against her death sentence before the Yemen’s Supreme Court.
The top court rejected her plea and now the only option she has to save her life is the “blood money” negotiation with the victim’s family.
According to the Sharia law in Yemen, a victim’s family can allow the release of the convict after “blood money” negotiation.
As part of the process, the victim’s family on a sum, known as “blood money”, in exchange of granting mercy. If they agree on “blood money”, the convict will be released and his/her sentence stand cancelled.
There is a travel ban to Yemen and due to this, Indian citizens cannot visit the country without Indian government’s permission. For the “blood money” negotiations to take place, it is important Priya’s mother travel to Yemen.
According to the lawyer, they have sought Delhi High Court’s intervention in the matter, which has directed the centre to decide on the matter within a week.
The financial situation of Nimisha’s mother is not good and she has sold her property to negotiate with the victim’s family.
Nimisha’s lawyer claimed that Nimisha’s sponser in Yemen withheld her passport and tortured her physically and mentally.
Her husband and children left Yemen when the war broke out in 2017, but she could not return as her passport was withheld with her sponsor.
She injected the man with sedatives in order to secure the passport, but an overdose killed him.
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