Overview

• MEA FactCheck said posts asking donations into a Government of India–designated bank account to ‘save’ Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya are fake, after a verified X handle of evangelist K. A. Paul sought ₹8.3 crore.
• Officials reiterated that reports claiming her death sentence was revoked or that a release deal was struck are incorrect and asked the public to await official updates.
• Priya’s execution, earlier set for July 16, remains postponed; the Supreme Court was told on August 14 that negotiations are ongoing and there is no immediate threat.
• India continues legal and consular assistance through its mission in Saudi Arabia and contacts with friendly governments, as it lacks a diplomatic presence in Sana’a.
• Nimisha Priya was convicted of murdering Yemeni citizen Talal Abdo Mahdi, received a death sentence in 2020, and lost her final appeal in November 2023 under Yemen’s Qisas framework where diyya is a potential path to clemency.