The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday flagged a fake claim circulating on social media regarding donations to save Kerala nurse Nimisha Priya, who is on death row in Yemen.
The ministry’s fact-check unit clarified that there is no government-affiliated donation campaign connected to the case.
“We have seen claims being made on social media seeking monetary contributions into a GoI designated bank account in the Nimisha Priya case. This is a fake claim,” the MEA stated.
Evangelist’s X Post Triggers Clarification
The clarification followed a post on X made by the verified account of evangelist KA Paul. In the post, Paul claimed: “Donate directly to Save Nimisha to the Government of India account designate. We need 8.3 crore rupees.”
Donate directly to Save Nimisha to the Government of India account designate . We need 8.3 crore rupees . pic.twitter.com/6tKTr7n3HH
— Dr KA Paul (@KAPaulOfficial) August 19, 2025
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Earlier in July, the evangelist had released a video appeal to the Houthi administration in Yemen. The video, recorded from Sana’a, also featured Nimisha Priya’s 13-year-old daughter Mishel and her husband Thomas.
Nimisha Priya was sentenced to death in Yemen for killing her Yemeni business partner, Talal Abdo Mahdi.
