The counsel for one of the accused, Subhash Chandran, said that the police had requested a seven-day custody, but the court granted only three days after a lengthy argument. The accused will be produced in court on Friday.
The 37-year-old Indian nurse from Kerala is scheduled to be executed on July 16. The trial court in Yemen convicted her of killing a Yemeni national, a decision that the country's Supreme Judicial Council upheld in November 2023.