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Qatar, on Thursday, announced a death penalty for eight former Indian Navy personnel who were held on suspicion of espionage..
This comes after the ministry had stated last year that it is constantly in touch with the Qatar government regarding the imprisonment of the personnel...
The MEA said in an official press release, We have initial information that the Court of First Instance of Qatar has today passed a judgement in the case involving 8 Indian employees of Al Dahra company..
Eight former Indian Navy personnel Captain Navtej Singh Gill, Captain Birendra Kumar Verma, Captain Saurabh Vasisht, Commander Amit Nagpal, Commander Purnendu Tiwari, Commander Sugunakar Pakala, Commander Sanjeev Gupta and Sailor Ragesh were detained since August 8, 2022 by the Qatari intelligence agency on suspicion of espionage related to a submarine programme..
S Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs, had said in December last year that the Indian government is constantly in touch with the Qatari government..
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