Indian nurse Nimisha Priya's death sentence overturned, claims Indian Grand Mufti's office: Report

The death sentence of Nimisha Priya, an Indian national imprisoned in Yemen was overturned on Tuesday, claimed Indian Grand Mufti's office, as reported by ANI.

Indian Grand Mufti, Kanthapuram A P Abubakker Muslaiyar’s office said that a high-level meeting held in Sanaa decided to "completely cancel the death sentence that was temporarily suspended earlier".

Priya, a nurse from Palakkad district of Kerala, was convicted of murdering her Yemeni business partner in 2017. She was sentenced to death in 2020, and her final appeal was rejected in 2023.

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