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Government of India has said that it is exploring legal options after it received initial information that eight of its former naval personnel were sentenced to death in Qatar.
A court in Qatar on Thursday gave the death sentence to eight former Indian Navy personnel held on unspecified charges since August 2022, with the Indian government expressing deep shock at the verdict and saying it is “exploring all legal options”.
The sentence was handed down by Qatar’s Court of First Instance, and no details were released officially by authorities in Doha. The external affairs ministry declined to make any further comment in view of the “confidential nature of proceedings” in the case against the eight men.
At the time the eight former naval personnel were detained, they were all working for Al Dahra Global Technologies and Consultancy Services, a private firm owned by an Oman Air Force officer that provided training and other services to Qatar’s armed forces and security agencies.
