Nedumbassery: Nimisha's mother Premakumari,  along with Human Rights activist and ‘Save Nimisha’ Action Council chairman Samuel Jerome, has arrived at the international airport of Yemen on Saturday night. The visit is aimed at meeting Nimisha Priya, currently imprisoned in a Yemeni prison.

After visiting Nimisha Priya in jail, they will also meet the tribal leaders and the family of the Yemeni citizen who was killed.

Premakumari, along with Nimisha’s husband Tomy Thomas, daughter Michelle, and Advocate K.R. Subhash Chandra, arrived at Kochi airport on Saturday morning to embark on the Indigo flight to Yemen. They expressed hopes of bringing their daughter back home with them.

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. 

The nurse was found guilty of killing a Yemeni national with the help of another person in 2017. She was accused of chopping the body into pieces and dumping 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 the victim'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).