In a desperate attempt to retrieve her documents, Priya, allegedly assisted by another nurse, Hannan, reportedly tried to sedate Mahdi. However, the dosage proved fatal. Panicked, the two women are said to have dismembered the body and disposed of it in a water tank. Both were subsequently arrested.

Postponement of Nimisha Priya’s execution is only a temporary relief as efforts being made to secure pardon from victim’s kin

1. Convicted of murder in Yemen Nimisha Priya, a nurse from Kerala, was found guilty of murdering her Yemeni business partner, Talal Abdo Mahdi, in 2017. She is currently imprisoned in Sana’a, under the control of Houthi forces, and faces execution under Yemeni law.