In a major development, a court in Qatar on Thursday accepted the appeal lodged by the Indian government in connection with the death penalty given to eight former Indian Navy personnel by a court last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Qatar court stated that they are studying the appeal and the next hearing is expected soon, as per reports. Last month, a Qatar court sentenced as many as eight former Navy personnel to death after they were detained in the country for more than a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday said that the judgement is confidential. It added that there is a court of first instance that gave the judgment, which was shared with their legal team. The statement further mentioned that considering all legal options, an appeal has been lodged. The Ministry of External Affairs further remarked that they are in touch with the Qatari authorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Arindam Bagchi, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson said that India is engaged with the Qatari authorities on the matter and that the government will continue to extend all legal and consular assistance to the former Navy personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier in August 2022, Qatar detained eight former Indian Navy officers on suspicion of working as spies for Israel while they were employed by a company based in the Middle Eastern nation. The former officers include 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. The aforementioned former Navy officers were arrested by Qatar intelligence agency from Doha on August 30, 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Reports stated that the bail pleas of the Navy veterans were rejected multiple times by Qatari authorities. The death penalty of the former Navy officers was announced by the Court of First Instance of Qatar in October this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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