India, July 10 -- The clock is ticking for Indian-origin nurse Nimishi Priya, who has been sentenced to death in Yemen for allegedly killing a Yemeni national.

Priya was sentenced to death in 2018 for the alleged murder of her business partner, Talal Abdo Mahdi. Yemen's President Rashad al-Alimi had given the nod for her execution in January this year.

As Priya's family and the Indian government looked for options to save the Kerala native, the Islamic Sharia law presents one option that could get her death sentence cancelled - 'blood money' also known as 'diya'.

Under the Islamic Sharia law, blood money or 'diya' means that the accused provides financial compensation to the family of the victim in serious crimes such as murder. The la...