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New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has confirmed that the judgment on eight former Indian Navy personnel, who have been behind bars in Qatar since last August, is expected later this month...
The MEA also confirmed that charges against the former officers were presented as part of the hearings, but did not specify what they were...
We are closely following the court proceedings in what is called the court of first instance, Bagchi said, referring to a court in which legal proceedings are first heard.. Legal proceedings against the eight officers were reported to have begun on 29 March this year...
Asked if charges had been brought before the court, the MEA spokesperson said: Yes, the charges were presented as part of the hearings but I would not like to get into the legal part of it..
However, ThePrint reported in April that the officers have allegedly been accused of spying on the Gulf nations secretive programme to obtain Italian-made, high-tech submarines coated with metamaterials that make their detection difficult...
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