Nimisha Priya, who was sentenced to death for the murder of a Yemeni man, was set to be executed on Wednesday. “The news of the execution of Nimisha Priya, who was sentenced to death in Yemen, being postponed is comforting and hopeful. This has given Nimisha more time to get her sentence terminated. This decision was led to by the initiative and intervention of Kanthapuram AP Abubacker Musliyar,” he said. Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya's execution in Yemen has been deferred after intervention by Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad Musliyar, the Grand Mufti of India. Her fate, however, remains uncertain. Meanwhile, a battle, political in nature, over the Musliyar hogging credit for the reprieve has erupted in Kerala. The execution of Nimisha Priya, the Kerala nurse sentenced to death in Yemen, has been suspended, according to a Yemeni government order on Tuesday.
