Nimisha Priya case: Brother of victim accuses Samuel Jerome of financial misconduct; claims he never contacted family for mediation

Sana'a: Abdul Fattah Mehdi, brother of the murdered Talal in the Nimisha Priya case, has accused social worker Samuel Jerome of financial fraud.

Mehdi made the allegations against Samuel through a Facebook post.

Abdul Fattah Mehdi's post also confirms the serious allegations, including embezzlement, that the 'Save Nimisha Priya International Action Council' has been making against Samuel Jerome for years.

Samuel Jerome was mentioned in the Malayalam media and international media, including the BBC, as the lawyer in the case.

However, Mehdi claims that Samuel Jerome is not a lawyer, but the person given the power of attorney as the representative of Nimisha Priya’s family in Yemen.

Moreover, Mehdi says that Samuel has not made any significant intervention in this case so far, and that he had not contacted them for any mediation discussion. Jerome had neither called them nor even sent a text message.

Notably, Mehdi alleges that he first saw Samuel in Sana'a after the president of the Supreme Political Council approved the death sentence, jubilantly congratulating him.

Mehdi alleges that all other claims made by Samuel in this case are false, that Samuel has received a lot of money, including the last $40,000 he received in the name of coordinating mediation.

Mehdi accused Jerome of trading in his brother's blood.