Overview

• The ministry’s FactCheck handle said posts seeking deposits into a Government of India bank account to “save” Nimisha Priya are false and shared a screenshot of one such claim.
• Some social-media appeals cited an 8.3 crore-rupee target and purported government account details, which officials categorically refuted.
• The MEA says it is providing all possible assistance, coordinating with friendly governments and urging the public and media to avoid unverified reports.
• Priya, a nurse from Kerala, was convicted of murdering her former business partner in 2017, received a death sentence in 2020 and saw the verdict upheld in 2023.
• An execution date set in July in Sana’a was postponed following negotiations, and Yemeni law allows a pardon if the victim’s family accepts blood money.