‘Greats great hope’: The clerics attempted the last gap to save Nimish Priya; Kerala Nurse faced execution in Yemen on 16 July

New Delhi: With the intervention of senior religious leaders in both India and Yemen, efforts are being made to prevent the execution of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya for July 16 in Yemen. The efforts have been led by Sufi scholar Sheikh Habib Umar bin Hafiz at the behest of influential Indian Sunni Maulvi Kanthapuram AP Abobaikar Muslim.A significant meeting is expected to have a significant meeting between the representatives of Sheikh Habib Omar and the family of Talal Abdo Mahdi on Tuesday, Priya was allegedly murdered by Priya in 2017 by Yamani National. Talal’s relatives – who is the Chief Justice of the Hodedah State Court and a member of Hakh, for a visit to Hakh.The office of Kanthapuram said, “The fact is that he is a follower of Sheikh Habib Omar’s Sufi order and expects the son of another prominent Sufi leader.” “Along with persuasion the family, they are expected to meet the Attorney General to start immediate efforts to postpone the execution prescribed for tomorrow.”Sources close to the procedure said that the talks represent the first success in joining Talal’s family, who had refused all contacts so far. “It was only through Kanthapuram’s intervention that communication with the family became possible for the first time,” said a source.Tuesday’s meeting will try to secure a final decision from the family whether they will accept Diya (blood money), as permission under Sharia Act. If agreed, it will offer a legally accepted route to prevent the execution of Priya. The source said, “We see the family’s agreement interacting with representatives of the Sufi spiritual leader as a positive sign.”Meanwhile, the government told the Supreme Court on Monday that “nothing” could do it diplomatically, given the status of Yemen and the absence of formal recognition of its authorities. “The Government of India is doing its best,” Attorney General R Venkatarmani told the bench. “We are also engaged with some sheikhs which are very impressive people there.”He said: “Yemen is not like any other part of the world, where something can be sought, through diplomatic processes or inter-governmental interactions. It is very complex.”Priya, a nurse from Palakkad district of Kerala, was convicted for killing Mahdi in 2020 – his former business partner – and destroyed her body. His final appeal was rejected in 2023, and he is in jail in Sana.