Kerala Woman Sentenced To Death For Murdering Yemeni Husband, Chopping His Body Into Pieces
A court in Yemen has upheld the death sentence of an Indian woman who was found guilty of murdering her Yemeni husband.
Nimisha Priya a native of Kerala's Palakkad district was convicted in the murder of Talal Abdu Mahdi, a Yemeni national and chopping his body into several parts and stuffing them in sacks, before dumping them in a water tank above their house in Al Deydh.
Another nurse Hanana, who helped Priya in the crime has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Priya who was originally married to a Keralite in 2011 was working in Yemen as a nurse and the couple had a daughter.
The father and daughter had later returned to India and Priya was trying to set up her own clinic in Yemen with the help of Mahdi.
Since only Yemeni nationals were allowed to do it, they forged documents to show Priya and Mahdi as husband and wife.
However, after getting the clinic registered, Mahdi who was already married to another allegedly used the marriage certificate to force Priya to become his second wife.
He also took away her passport and the money she had earned from the clinic.
Mahdi allegedly used to physically torture her and unable to bear this she killed Mahdi and chopped his body into pieces and dumped it in a water tank with the help of a friend.
The duo was arrested and convicted in 2018, by a lower court and earlier this week the appeal's court upheld the verdict.
The family of Mahdi had demanded the equivalent of Rs 70 lakhs as blood money to pardon Priya in the case, which the family could not raise.
An advocate with the NRI (Keralites) Commission, K L Balachandran who had assisted Nimisha in the case told local media that they can still file an appeal against the death sentence within 15 days or move a mercy petition in the Supreme Council.
