The death sentence for Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse who was convicted of murder in Yemen, was “overturned” and “completely” canceled, the Office of the Indian Grand Mufti, Kanthapuram AP Abubakr Musliyar, said on Monday.
The decision was made after a high -level meeting held in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, where it was decided to completely abolish the death judgment, which was temporarily suspended earlier, according to a statement issued by the Grand Mufti office and quoted by the news agency.
“The judgment of the death of Nimisha Priya, which was previously suspended, was overturned. The high -level meeting held in Sanaa decided to completely cancel the death sentence that was temporarily suspended,” the statement read.
Livemint could not verify the Grand Mufti statement. Unlike the past, it was not published on his website or on social media. But his handle X shared a tweet or rolling the death penalty of Nimisha Priy.
Also, Indian officials who deal with this case did not confirm this development. However, sources stated that information shared by “certain individuals” in the case of Nimisha Priya.
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Nituisha Priya, a 37 -year -old Indian nurse from Kerala, was to be executed on July 16th after being convicted of killing the Yemeni national national membership in November 2023.
Nimishov’s executions, originally planned, was planned on July 16th, was temporarily stopped only a day earlier, after the Grand Muftti hit and asked the Yemeni authorities to consider again.
The 13 -year -old daughter appears
Nimisha is a thirteen -year -old daughter Mishel and her husband appealed to the Yemeni government to release a woman. Mishel traveled to Yemen to join the founder of the global peace initiative and the Evangelist Dr. Ka Paul in attractiveness for the Yemeni government for the release of Priya.
Priya, originally from the Palakkad district in Kerala, was convicted in 2017 from the murder of her Yemeni business partner Talal Abdo Mahdi. In 2020 she was sentenced to death and her last appeal was rejected in 2023.
According to Yemeni court documents, Priya reportedly drugged and killed Mahdi in July 2017. He is currently in prison in the capital of Yemen, Sanaa.
Earlier July, July, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated that Nimisha Priya is actively working on support and in this case expands all possible help.
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Mea Randhir Jaiswal said during the press briefing that Mea had appointed a lawyer who helps the Priyi family in navigation in a complex legal process in Yemen. This involves exploring options for lovers or forgiveness under the Sharia law.
The case of Nimisha Priya
Nituisha Priya is a trained nurse and worked for several years in private hospitals in Yemen.
In 2014, her husband and the smaller daughter returned to India for financial reasons and in the same year Yemen was grasped with a civil war and could not return because the country stopped issuing new visas. Later in 2015, Nimisha teamed up with the Yemeni citizen TALAL ABDO Mahdi to establish her clinic in Sanaa.
In 2020, Nimisha was convicted of killing the Yemeni National TALAL ABDO Mahdi in July 2017. In 2023, Houthis’s Supreme Judicial Council confirmed its sentence and rejected its deposit. It was placed on the series of death and was ready to be made on 16 July 2025.
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