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New Delhi:Eight Indian Navy veterans were sentenced to death by a court in Qatar Thursday..
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has called the verdict shocking and pledged to take up the matter with Qatari authorities...
The eight former officers worked for Dahra Global Technologies & Consulting Services, a company engaged in training Qatari navy personnel..
In April, ThePrint had reported that the officers stood accused of spying on the Gulf nations secretive programme to obtain Italian-made, high-tech submarines coated with metamaterials that make their detection by adversaries difficult...
Especially since it comes after a completely opaque process, in which one doesnt know if our Navy Veterans had a proper defence or how fair the Qatari legal process was...
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19, Oct, 23The ministry did not specify the charges. However, ThePrint reported in April that the men have allegedly been accused of spying.