NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaisankar said that all efforts are being taken to avoid the death sentence of Nimisha Priya. We are working with various voluntary organisations to avoid her death penalty. Working with various voluntary organizations to avoid death punishment. The central government will approach the Yemen Supreme Court against the verdict of the court. Legal assistance will be ensured to Nimisha Priya. Mediation efforts will continue outside the court, said Jaisankar.

Nimisha Priya, who was working as a nurse in Yemen, was awarded death sentence for murdering a Yemeni. Under Yemeni law, if the family of the dead pardons, then the sentence of the accused can be commuted. The action committee formed by the locals is trying to release Nimisha Priya by giving blood money to the family of the dead.