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Indian nurse Nimisha Priya’s execution in Yemen, scheduled for July 16, has been halted, her counsel confirmed.
Efforts to secure Nimisha Priya’s release through “blood money” have not succeeded so far. (News18)
Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, on death row in Yemen, will not be executed on July 16, her counsel has said. However, the fresh date for her execution was not immediately known.
Sources told CNN-News18 that the Kerala nurse’s execution was halted by authorities in Yemen.
The government of India, which has, since the beginning of the case, been rendering all possible assistance in the matter, has made concerted efforts in recent days to seek more time for the family of Nimisha Priya to reach a mutually agreeable solution with the other party.
Indian officials have also been in regular touch with the local jail authorities and the prosecutor’s office.
Earlier today, news agency PTI quoted sources and stated that last-minute efforts to halt Nimisha Priya’s execution were underway, under the leadership of a Sufi scholar there, at the behest of influential Sunni Muslim leader Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker Musliyar.
A meeting between representatives of prominent scholar and Sufi leader Sheikh Habib Umar bin Hafiz, and the family of Talal Abdo Mahdi – the Yemeni national allegedly killed by Nimisha Priya in 2017, was is expected to be held at Dhamar on Tuesday, it mentioned.
The development follows after the 94-year-old Musliyar, who is officially known as Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad and holds the title of Grand Mufti of India, held talks with religious authorities in Yemen.
Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
Vani Mehrotra is the Deputy News Editor at News18.com. She has nearly 10 years of experience in both national and international news and has previously worked on multiple desks.
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