Nimisha Priya Execution: Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya’s scheduled execution in Yemen has finally been postponed. The credit for this relief goes to India’s Sunni Muslim leader Kanthapuram AP Abubakar Musliyar.
Nimisha Priya Execution: Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, who was to be hanged in Yemen on July 16, has been given a reprieve. This has been possible due to the initiative of a 94-year-old religious leader of India, whom the world knows as the ‘Grand Mufti of India’. The credit for this big relief goes to Kanthapuram AP Abubakar Musliyar. Who is a prominent Sunni Muslim leader of India? He opened the way for dialogue with the family of deceased Talal Abdo Mahdi through Yemen’s prominent Sufi religious leader Sheikh Habib Umar bin Hafiz.
‘Religious dialogue’ worked.
Kanthapuram Musliyar initiated dialogue on religious grounds, in which a way of forgiveness through blood money was suggested according to Yemen’s tradition. Nimisha Priya’s family offered Rs 8.6 crore so that she could be forgiven.
Where and how did the conversation take place?
This important meeting took place in the city of Dhamar in Yemen, where the family of the deceased indicated a reconsideration of the hanging. After this, the judicial system of Yemen decided not to hang on July 16. Talal Abdo Mahdi’s family is also associated with the Sufi order of Habib Umar. Due to this, Kanthapuram Musliyar’s statement got religious respect, which gave a positive direction to the entire dialogue.
What are the charges against Nimisha?
Nimisha Priya, a nurse from Palakkad district in Kerala, was to be hanged on July 16 for the murder of her Yemeni business partner, Mahdi. She was sentenced to death in 202,0 and her last appeal was rejected in 2023. She is currently lodged in a jail in Sana’a, the capital of Yemen.
What did the central government say?
The Centre had informed the Supreme Court on Monday that the Government of India is making every effort, but not much can be done given the situation in Yemen. Attorney General R. Venkataramani told the bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta that the government wants to save its citizens and is making every possible effort in this matter. Venkataramani said, “The Indian government is trying its best and has also contacted some sheikhs, who are very influential people there.”
