India, July 12 -- Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse on death row in Yemen, faces execution on July 16 for the alleged 2018 murder of her Yemeni business partner, Talal Abdo Mahdi. Yemen's President Rashad al-Alimi approved her execution earlier this year.

In a final effort to save her, Nimisha Priya's family has offered $1 million ( Rs.8.6 crore) as 'blood money' to the victim's family under Yemen's Sharia law, which allows for the possibility of pardon in such cases.

Speaking to NDTV on Friday, Babu John, an activist with the Save Nimisha Priya International Action Council, said, "The status is that the power of attorney holder for Nimisha's family, Samuel Jerome, who is already in Yemen's Sana'a, is leading the negotiation from our side....