Nimisha Priya execution postponed: Council confirms progress in talks with victim’s family

Samuel Jerome Baskaran, a member of the Save Nimisha Priya International Action Council who has been based in Yemen since 1999 and co-ordinating the efforts to secure the release of Malayali nurse Nimisha Priya, told The Hindu on Tuesday (July 15, 2025) that the public prosecutor’s office will not issue such an order without seeking the consent of the victim’s family, he said.

The execution of Nimisha Priya that was scheduled to be carried out on Wednesday (July 16, 2025) in Yemen has been postponed, official sources had said earlier.

Mr. Samuel said the public prosecutor will act according to the directive issued by the office of Mahdi al-Mashat, president of Supreme Political Council of Houthis. He said that a prominent sheikh having links to the victim’s family had intervened to halt the execution for now.

Family relieved

Tomy Thomas, husband of Nimisha, said he was happy to hear about the news of her execution being halted. He thanked the Centre, Kerala government and “all those who had worked together to save her from the gallows.”

Subhash Chandran K. R, Supreme Court lawyer and member of Save Nimisha Priya International Action Council, said that her execution has been halted.