The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear the case of death sentence in Yemen. The petition has demanded instructions to interfere with diplomatic intervention to the Central Government. A bench of Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia and Justice Joymalya Bagchi will now hear the matter on July 14.
Nimisha will be hanged on 16 July in the case of murder of a Yemen citizen. Last year, his death sentence was approved by Yemen’s President Rashad al-Ali.
According to the Ministry of External Affairs, the Government of India is monitoring the matter and is in constant touch with Yemen officials and Nimisha’s family.
Nimisha has been in Yemen jail since 2017. He is accused of killing Yemen’s citizen Talal Abdo Mahdi with an overdose of medicine. Nimisha and Mahdi were partners in a private clinic in Yemen. It is alleged that Mahdi took Nimisha’s passport and tortured her.
Timeline of nurse Nimisha’s arrival at Yemen and Mahdi’s murder…
In 2008, 19 -year -old Priya, a resident of Palakkad in Kerala, arrived at Yemen for a job. He got a nurse job in a government hospital in the capital Sana.
In 2011, Nimisha returned to India for marriage. He married Tommy Thomas, a resident of Kochi and both came to Yemen. Here Thomas got the job of the electrician’s assistant, but the salary was very low.
In 2012, Nimisha gave birth to daughter Mishal, but it became difficult to live Yemen.
In 2014, Thomas returned to Kochi with daughter, where he started running e-rickshaws. While Nimisha decided to open the clinic leaving a low salary job, but according to Yemen’s law, Nimisha needed a local partner.
During this, Nimisha met Mahdi, who runs a clothes shop. Mahdi’s wife was delivered by Nimisha.
In January 2015, Nimisha came to India to meet daughter Mishal. Mahdi also came to India with him.
During this, Mahdi stole a picture of Nimisha’s wedding. Later Mahdi claimed to be Nimisha’s husband by tampering with this picture.
To start the clinic, Nimisha collected about 50 lakh rupees from family members and friends and reached Yemen and started the clinic.
Nimisha started paper work to call her husband and daughter Yemen, but there was a civil war in March and they could not come to Yemen.
