India, Aug. 19 -- The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has flagged a fake claim circulating on social media regarding "donations" to save Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, who is on death row in Yemen. On X on Tuesday, the fact check unit of the ministry dismissed the claim and said there was no government-affiliated donation campaign for the Indian nurse.

"We have seen claims being made on social media seeking monetary contributions into a GoI designated bank account in the Nimisha Priya case. This is a fake claim," said MEA.

The post in question was made by a blue-tick X account of evangelist KA Paul. In the X post, the account says: "Donate directly to Save Nimisha to the Government of India account designate. We need 8.3 crore rupees."...