Nimisha Priya Death Penalty Update: MEA sources refute Grand Mufti’s claims, Victim’s brother firm on…

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday reportedly refuted the claims of Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya’s execution being cancelled by the Yemen authorities by calling them “inaccurate”. “Information being shared by certain individuals on the Nimisha Priya case is inaccurate,” MEA sources told CNBC-TV18.

The development comes in response to the statement made by the Grand Mufti of India Kanthapuram AP Abubakar Musliyar claiming that Priya’s death sentence has been completely overturned. However, India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) refuted the claims made by Grand Mufti Abu Bakar Musliyar.

Following this statement from the Foreign Ministry, uncertainty has arisen regarding Nimisha Priya’s situation. The question now is whether she will be released or if the previous status remains unchanged — that is, her death sentence has only been suspended, not revoked. Meanwhile, Nimisha’s husband and daughter, who are hoping for her release, have arrived in Yemen.

Nimisha Priya Death Sentence:

Nimisha Priya’s death sentence was scheduled for July 16, 2025 which was later postponed due to the interventions of the Grand Mufti of India through the help of an influential Yemeni sheikh. Priya is convicted of killing a Yemeni national Talal Abdo Mahdi in 2017. He was her business partner who later started to torture and sexually abuse her and even confiscated her passport.

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