Hyderabad, July 8 -- Nimisha Priya, an Indian nurse from Kerala, convicted of murdering a Yemeni citizen in 2017, is set to be executed in Yemen on July 16.

The Save Nimisha Priya Action Council said that Yemen's director general of prosecution has informed the prison authorities to proceed with the execution.

This comes even as efforts are ongoing to negotiate with the victim's family and reach a settlement through "blood money", a provision under Yemen's Sharia law that allows a victim's family to pardon a convict in exchange for compensation.

According to the Action Council, they have offered USD 1 million (approximately Rs 8.5 crore) to the family of the victim, Talal Abdo Mahdi, but are yet to receive a response regarding the expe...