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New Delhi described the ruling as "deeply" shocking and filed an appeal, which was accepted..
The Indian ambassador to Qatar met on December 3 eight former Indian Navy personnel who are on death row in Qatar, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday..
"We are closely following the matter and extending all legal and consular assistance...Our ambassador got consular access to meet all eight of them in prison on December 3," MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said during a weekly briefing...
In October, a Qatari court gave a death sentence to eight Indian Navy veterans..
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