Important meeting underway after A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar’s mediation: Reports
Nimisha Priya case
Kozhikode: Reports have suggested that a crucial meeting is underway in Yemen pertaining to the fate of Nimish Priya, a Malayali nurse facing the death penalty in connection with the 2017 murder of Yemeni national Talal Abdo Mahdi.
According to sources, the meeting is being led by renowned Sufi scholar Sheikh Habib Umar bin Hafiz and is reportedly attended by a judge from the Yemeni Supreme Court and the brother of the deceased. Sheikh Habib Umar bin Hafiz is said to have offered to mediate in the matter following discussions with Indian Islamic scholar Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar.
Nimisha Priya, a native of Kollengode in Palakkad, Kerala, was arrested in July 2017 for the murder of her Yemeni business partner. She was sentenced to death by a Yemeni court in 2020. Authorities in Yemen have reportedly scheduled her execution for July 16.
On Monday, the Indian union government informed the Supreme Court that there was little it could do to halt the execution, as the case falls under Yemeni jurisdiction.
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Man held for rape, assault of elderly woman in Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): A 20-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly raping and assaulting an 85-year-old woman and abandoning her on the roadside in this district, police said on Saturday.
The incident took place under Venjaramoodu police station limit on Wednesday evening.
Agin, a lottery agent, was apprehended on Friday, they said.
According to police, the elderly woman was taken into a deserted building by the accused, raped, brutally beaten with a stick, causing injuries, and was later abandoned on the roadside.
Locals noticed the woman with severe head and facial injuries and rushed her to a nearby hospital, from where she was shifted to the government medical college later.
Though initially injuries suggested that she was brutally beaten up by someone, a detailed medical examination confirmed the rape.
Based on the statement of the woman and some local vendors in the area, the police identified the accused and nabbed him later.
"As per the statement of his family, he is suspected of having a mental disorder and the habit of committing such assaults following an accident. An investigation is on," a police officer said.
He was remanded to judicial custody by a local court and the woman was discharged from hospital, police added.
