A Qatar courtroom has sentenced eight former Indian Navy personnel to demise on Thursday. These people, who work for the Al Dahra Firm, have been arrested final 12 months below allegations of espionage. The particular costs made by Qatari authorities towards these Indian residents haven’t been disclosed to the general public. India expressed profound shock on the courtroom’s resolution and is exploring all accessible authorized avenues in response.
The MEA mentioned it’s “deeply shocked” by the decision and now awaits the detailed judgement. “Now we have preliminary data that the Courtroom of First Occasion of Qatar has as we speak handed a judgement within the case involving eight Indian workers of Al Dahra firm,” the MEA mentioned in an official press launch.
“We’re deeply shocked by the decision of the demise penalty and are awaiting the detailed judgement. We’re in contact with the relations and the authorized workforce, and we’re exploring all authorized choices,” it added.
“We connect excessive significance to this case, and have been following it intently. We are going to proceed to increase all consular and authorized help. We can even take up the decision with Qatari authorities,” the MEA launch mentioned.
“Because of the confidential nature of proceedings of this case, it could not be acceptable to make any additional remark at this juncture,” it added. The eight Indian nationals have been imprisoned in Qatar since October 2022 and have been accused of allegedly spying on a submarine programme.
New Delhi had been granted consular entry to the eight Indians and had been working to safe their launch. The Indian nationals had their first trial in late March.
Meetu Bhargava, who’s the sister of 1 the officers detained and lives in Gwalior, sought assist from the Indian authorities to deliver her brother again.
It is price noting that Pakistan has equally detained former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav on what India believes are false costs of espionage, and this case is presently being heard in a world courtroom.
