New Delhi: The central government told the Supreme Court on Friday that it could not formally interfere in the Nimisha Priya execution case, and the petitioner’s counsel said that the victim’s family’s “forgiveness” was the first step to kill the life of a Kerala nurse.“I don’t think anything could be formally done at this time,” PTI quoted Attorney General R Venkatramani Venkataramani.The statement of the petitioner requested that a small delegation, including members of the petitioner organization and a religious scholar from Kerala, are allowed to travel to Yemen to interact with the victim’s family. He also suggested that a government representative may join the journey if the Center is approved.“We will definitely consider it, but don’t put it on record,” Venkataramani said.When the bench inquired about an indefinite migration on execution, the petitioner’s counsel clarified that no specific date was set yet. “Which means doing some work,” said Venkataramani.The petitioner’s counsel informed the court that Priya’s mother was to interact with the victim’s family in Yemen, traveling there with the permission of the Center directed by the Delhi High Court. “We can go and interact and apologize to the family to do some work,” he said.The Supreme Court urged the Center to intervene diplomatically intervene to save Priya, a 38 -year -old nurse from Kerala, who in 2017 to face a diplomatically intervened to face the execution in Yemen for the alleged murder of his Yemeni business partner.The government said on Thursday that it was in touch with Yemeni officials and friendly countries to look for a “mutually agreed solution” in Priya’s case. The case is listed for August 14.
