L J Ravi 
Nimisha Priya, 38, is convicted for the murder of her business partner in Sana’a -NNA NEWS
Why Indian govt ‘cannot do much’ to save Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya set for execution in Yemen on Wednesday. Attorney General tells SC every channel exhausted, situation may now lie beyond Indian govt’s control after trying ‘through a sheikh’ and other measures.“There is a point till which the Government of India can go. We have reached that,” the Indian government’s lawyer told the Supreme Court on Monday, two days ahead of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya’s scheduled execution in Yemen on July 16 for the murder of a local businessman in 2017.
‘Reached out to a sheikh’: What govt told SC in Nimisha Priya case
Attorney General R Venkataramani told the SC that every channel has been exhausted to seek reprieve for the 38 YEAR NURSE FROM PALAKKAD “Nothing has worked so far,” and the situation may now lie beyond the Indian government’s control. The SC, hearing a plea filed by a citizens’ group called Save Nimisha Priya International Action Council, had sought the government’s response. The issue is complicated by the fact that India does not have formal diplomatic relations with the,Houthis a rebel group which controls parts of yemen including the capital Sana’a where Nimisha Priya is a convict. The government lawyer said India reached out to “an influential sheikh” in Yemen to persuade the authorities there. “We got an informal communication that the execution would be put in abeyance, but we don’t know if it will work out,” he added.
