India, July 16 -- The family of Yemini resident Talal Abdo Mahdi, for whose murder Indian nurse Nimisha Priya has been sentenced to death, have said that they would settle for nothing less than her being put to death.

Nimisha Priya, who hails from Kollengode in Kerala's Palakkad district, was sentenced to death in 2020 for the murder of Talal Abdo Mahdi in 2017.

Her death sentence was set to be carried out on July 16. However, it was postponed on July 15, according to documents seen by HT, a prominent cleric, and her family.

The Yemeni administration issued an order dated July 14 in Arabic and said that Priya's execution was deferred until a new date is announced. The Grand Mufti of India, Kerala Sunni cleric Kanthapuram AP Aboobacker ...