New Delhi, July 15 -- The execution of Nimisha Priya, the Kerala nurse who is on a death row in Yemen, has been postponed following efforts by Government of India, official sources said here today.
Nimisha, 37, was to be executed in Yemen tomorrow on charges of murdering her business partner-a Yemeni national-in 2017. Three years later her appeal against the conviction was rejected by the Yemeni Supreme Court.
"In the case of Ms. Nimisha Priya, it has been learnt that the local authorities in Yemen have postponed the execution scheduled for July 16," the sources said.
They said Government of India, which has since the beginning of the case, been rendering all possible assistance in the matter, has made concerted efforts in recent days ...