28-07-2025
Yemen waives Nimisha Priya's death sentence, claims Kanthapuram
The Yemeni authorities have decided to revoke the execution of Nimisha Priya, the Indian nurse awaiting capital punishment for the alleged murder of Yemen national Talal Abdo Mahdi.
The confirmation of the decision came on Monday night from the office of India's Grand Mufti and Sunni leader Kanthapuram A.P. Aboobacker Musliar, whose last-minute intervention through the Sufi scholars of Yemen had secured the postponement of Nimish Priya's execution scheduled for July 16.
A team of Yemeni scholars, appointed by Sheikh Habib Omer bin Hafiz, a respected Sufi scholar in Yemen, at the request of Mr. Aboobacker Musliar, worked alongside Northern Yemen's government representatives and international diplomats to mediate an agreement, resulting in the decision to revoke Nimisha Priya's execution.
Mr. Aboobacker Musliar's claim has been confirmed by Sarhan Shamsan Al Wiswabi, a Yemeni activist and spokesperson for the Action Council for Talal Mahdi's Justice in Yemen, through a Facebook post on Monday.
Mr. Wiswabi said in his post that due to the strong intervention of religious scholars, the death sentence was waived. He said it would now be either release from prison or life imprisonment.
Following the commutation of her death sentence, Nimisha Priya's fate now hangs in the balance between two possibilities: serving a life sentence or securing her release upon payment of diya or blood money.
However, subsequent matters will be determined following further negotiations with the family of the deceased, Talal Abdo Mahdi.
