India appeals death sentence to eight former Indian Navy personnel in Qatar.
India appeals death sentence to eight former Indian Navy personnel in Qatar.
Death Sentence To Former Navy Officers: Eight former Indian Navy officers, who were awarded death sentence in Qatar on espionage charges, have seen a ray of hope. The Indian government had made every effort to rescue the former naval personnel stranded in Qatar. All possible legal options were explored. After continuous appeals, Qatar Court has now accepted India’s appeal and the date of hearing on the appeal has not been decided yet.
Qatar court sentences eight Indians to death
In fact, last month on October 26, the Qatar Court had sentenced eight Indians to death. However, India described this decision of Qatar Court as shocking and said that it will explore all legal options in this matter. The government had said that all efforts are being made to provide relief to the 8 former Indian Navy officers convicted by the Qatar court. At present an appeal has been filed against the death sentence.
what is the matter
Eight marines working at Global Technologies and Consultancy in Doha, Qatar were arrested in 2022 on spying charges. But no reason was given for this. The prisoner was sentenced to death 1 year after his arrest. This development shocked India.
Family members of the 8 convicts had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to seek advice from legal experts and negotiate for their release. Retired Servicemen Association had also appealed. After this, an appeal was filed by India in the Qatar court. The Qatar Court, which initially refused to respond. It has now agreed to hear the appeal, which is likely to happen soon.
India’s Ambassador to Qatar had met these personnel in jail on October 1 this year. Not only this, the families of some of these eight have also met in Qatar. Those awarded death sentence include Captain Navtej Singh Gill, Captain Saurabh Vashishtha, Commander Purnendu Tiwari, Captain Birendra Kumar Verma, Commander Sugunakar Pakala, Commander Sanjeev Gupta, Commander Amit Nagpal and Sailor Ragesh.
