CM writes to PM to save Nimisha Priya from death row

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene with Yemeni authorities and save Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, who has been sentenced to be executed in Yemen.

In a letter to Mr. Modi on Sunday, Mr. Vijayan appealed to him to take up the matter and intervene with the authorities concerned to save the life of Nimisha Priya, “considering the fact that this is a case deserving sympathy”. In the letter, he also attached a letter he had written to the Union Minister for External Affairs on March 24, 2025.

In the March letter, Mr. Vijayan had written that the aged mother of Nimisha Priya had been making fervent appeals to save the life of her daughter. In an earlier letter dated February 6, 2025, he had requested intervention from Union Government for saving the life of the young woman, who has been found guilty for a crime committed by her as a teenager.

Nimisha Priya, who hails from Kollengode in Palakkad district of Kerala, was convicted in 2020 for the murder of her Yemeni business partner in July 2017. She was allegedly subjected to severe abuse, and in an attempt to defend herself, the man had died. Nimisha Priya now faces the death penalty. As per Yemeni law, clemency is possible only through blood money. Her execution has been reportedly fixed for July 16.