<p>With an appeal court in Yemen on Monday upholding the death sentence of a Kerala nurse, her family and well-wishers in Kerala are now pinning hopes on diplomatic interventions.</p>.<p>Nimisha Priya, a native of Palakkad district in Kerala, is facing death sentence on charges of murdering a Yemen national Talal Abdu Mahdi after Mahdi allegedly cheated her.</p>.<p>Now the only options for Priya to get relief is to approach the supreme judicial council in Yemen with a mercy petition or to persuade the family of the deceased to accept blood money, a member of the action council formed to support her said. As her family is from a financially weak background, the action council made efforts to pool blood money of around Rs 70 lakh. The family of the victim, however, was not willing to accept it.</p>.<p>Resident vice-chairman of Kerala NRK welfare agency NORKA-Roots P Sreeramakrishnan said that the Centre could explore the option of persuading the family of the deceased to accept blood money.</p>.<p>CPI’s Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam had earlier urged External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar that the Centre may use diplomatic channels to help her.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>
<p>With an appeal court in Yemen on Monday upholding the death sentence of a Kerala nurse, her family and well-wishers in Kerala are now pinning hopes on diplomatic interventions.</p>.<p>Nimisha Priya, a native of Palakkad district in Kerala, is facing death sentence on charges of murdering a Yemen national Talal Abdu Mahdi after Mahdi allegedly cheated her.</p>.<p>Now the only options for Priya to get relief is to approach the supreme judicial council in Yemen with a mercy petition or to persuade the family of the deceased to accept blood money, a member of the action council formed to support her said. As her family is from a financially weak background, the action council made efforts to pool blood money of around Rs 70 lakh. The family of the victim, however, was not willing to accept it.</p>.<p>Resident vice-chairman of Kerala NRK welfare agency NORKA-Roots P Sreeramakrishnan said that the Centre could explore the option of persuading the family of the deceased to accept blood money.</p>.<p>CPI’s Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam had earlier urged External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar that the Centre may use diplomatic channels to help her.</p>.<p><strong>Check out latest DH videos here</strong></p>
