August 5, 2025 | Updated 02:20 IST
The India-based murderer Nimisha Priya continues to face death by hanging in Yemen. While the victim’s family demands immediate execution and the pardon delegation remains suspended.
The Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya sits on death row in Yemen. This is in connection with the 2017 murder of Yemeni businessman Talal Abdo Mahdi. The victim’s family members have begun to ask for immediate execution instead of reconciliation despite all the diplomatic and religious efforts to resolve the case.
This section details the most important events that occurred throughout the process with corresponding timestamps.
🕒 Chronology of Key Events
- 2008: Nimisha Priya moves to Yemen to start her nursing career.
- 2014: Her husband and daughter return to India, but she stays in Yemen.
- 2017, July–August:
Talal Abdo Mahdi is drugged and killed. His body parts were discovered in a water tank. Eventually Priya was arrested and then admitted to committing the crime. - 2020:
Nimisha Priya was convicted by a Yemeni court for premeditated murder after receiving a death sentence under Sharia law. - March 29, 2025:
The Indian Embassy in Yemen denies rumors of an imminent execution order, calling reports “inaccurate.” - July 8, 2025:
The victim’s brother received official notice of the execution set for July 16. That led India to take legal and diplomatic action. - July 14, 2025:
Indian Grand Mufti Kanthapuram A. P. Aboobacker Musliyar leads religious leaders in negotiations with Yemeni clerics and tribal leaders for the case. - July 16, 2025:
The last-minute execution postponement occurred because of high-level interventions. And the confirmation of Yemeni authority communication by Kanthapuram’s office. - July 18, 2025:
India’s Supreme Court requests information from the government regarding Priya’s family travel to Yemen for victim family talks. - August 4, 2025:
The victim’s brother, Abdul Fattah Mahdi, submits a letter to the Attorney General of Yemen. He requests to execute Nimisha Priya immediately. The family member states their opposition to blood money payments and any form of reconciliation. - August 4, 2025 (same day):
The India-based diplomatic mission to Yemen has been suspended due to security risks as well as the victim’s family members refusing to back down in their stance
What’s Next?
Nimisha’s legal options are nearly exhausted. The victim’s family opposes pardon while the diplomatic delegation remains suspended. It makes India’s Ministry of External Affairs and humanitarian appeals from religious and legal sources the last hope for her survival.
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