Indian Nurse Sentenced To Death

Yemen's Supreme Court pronounced death sentence to an Indian nurse on charges of murdering a Yemeni national and the case is currently with the President of the ruling dispensation of Sana'a, the government said in Lok Sabha on Friday.

Nimisha Priya is from Palakkad district in Kerala. After completing a nursing training programme, she went to Yemen and worked in a few private hospitals.

The Centre is exploring all options including getting pardon to an Indian nurse facing capital punishment in Yemen for allegedly killing a Yemeni businessman in 2017, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said.

Yemen's Supreme Court pronounced death sentence to an Indian nurse on charges of murdering a Yemeni national and the case is currently with the President of the ruling dispensation of Sana'a, the government said in Lok Sabha on Friday.

Nimisha Priya is from Palakkad district in Kerala. After completing a nursing training programme, she went to Yemen and worked in a few private hospitals.

The Centre is exploring all options including getting pardon to an Indian nurse facing capital punishment in Yemen for allegedly killing a Yemeni businessman in 2017, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said.