The Government of India confirmed that the hanging of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya has been postponed at present. It also said that his sentence has not been canceled and the news being spread about release is wrong and misleading.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal said that the government is constantly monitoring the matter. In touch with Nimisha and her family. India has also interacted with local Yemen officials in this regard and has also contacted some friendly countries.
Randhir Jaiswal said that due to our continuous efforts, the administration of Yemen has not implemented Nimisha Priya’s sentence at the moment. We are closely monitoring the case and giving all possible help. He also said that in some media reports it has been claimed that his sentence has been canceled and an agreement has been reached for his release, but these claims are completely wrong.
Let us know that earlier this week, it was claimed by the Grand Mufti Office of India that Nimisha’s death sentence has been officially canceled. However, before this, his sentence was temporarily postponed.
Who is Nimisha Priya?
38 -year -old Nimisha Priya hails from Palakkad district of Kerala and went to Yemen for better employment in 2008. Apart from being a trained nurse, he started a clinic in Sana city in partnership with Yemen’s citizen Talal Abdo Mahadi.
According to reports, during this time, Mahdi started harassing her, started calling herself her husband and seized her passport, so that she could not return to India.
In an attempt to withdraw the passport in 2017, he tried to make Mahdi unconscious, but died due to overdose. He was then arrested on charges of murder and convicted in 2018. He was sentenced to death by the Yemen court in 2020.
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