Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya was sentenced to death in Yemen, but was postponed on 16 July. Meanwhile, news came that Nimisha’s sentence has been canceled. Although this has not happened. According to sources in the Ministry of External Affairs, the ongoing reports about the hanging of Nimisha are wrong, her sentence has not been canceled. The nurse, who hails from Kerala, was found guilty of killing his business partner in Yemen.

Indian Grand Mufti Kanthapuram Abubakar Muslim The office of K’s office had said that Nimisha Priya’s sentence has been canceled after a high-level meeting in Sana. At the same time, sources in the Ministry of External Affairs said, ,Some people have shared wrong information about Nimisha., Nimisha went to India from India in connection with its work. He setup the 2015 clinic. Nimisha started a business with Talal Abdo Mahdi and was found guilty of killing her.

Why Nimisha’s hanging was postponed

On July 16, 2025, the death date of Nimisha was fixed, but it was postponed after the efforts of the Government of India, Kerala’s religious leaders and social workers. Grand Mufti of India, Abubakar Muslim He had appealed to the chief Sufi scholar Sheikh Umar bin Hafeez to intervene in the matter. Sheikh Omar interacted with Talal’s family, after which the sentence was postponed.

Will the victim’s family forgive Nimisha

According to the report, Nimisha Priya’s death sentence has not been canceled yet, but according to Yemen’s law, there is a provision of forgiveness. Sharia law is applicable in Yemen, under which the convict can be forgiven with the consent of the deceased’s family through ‘Blood Money’ (Diya) in the murder case.