Qatar Accepts India’s Appeal Against Death Penalty To 8 Navy Veterans

A court in Qatar has acknowledged India’s plea to overturn the death penalty imposed on eight former Indian Navy members, who were sentenced last month on charges of espionage. Reports indicate that the Qatari court will schedule a hearing date following a review of the appeal.

According to reports, the eight men were arrested in August 2022 by Qatar’s intelligence agency for spying. But the Qatari authorities haven’t made the charges against them public yet. Their bail petitions were rejected several times and the verdict against them was pronounced last month by the Court of First Instance in Qatar.Granted consular access to them, Indian authorities have been working to secure their release.

The detained Indian Navy ex-servicemen include Commander Purnendu Tiwari, Commander Sugunakar Pakala, Commander Amit Nagpal, Commander Sanjeev Gupta, Captain Navtej Singh Gill, Captain Birendra Kumar Verma, Captain Saurabh Vasisht, and Sailor Ragesh Gopakumar.

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Former Navy Officers with 20 Years of Service Detained in Qatar

All of the former Navy officers have a distinguished service record of up to 20 years in the Indian Navy and have held important positions including that of instructors in the force.

Meetu Bhargava, the sister of one of the former officers detained, had sought help from the government to bring her brother back. In a post on X on June 8, she had appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to intervene.

“These former Navy officers bring pride to our nation, and once again, I earnestly urge our esteemed Prime Minister to bring them back to India promptly, without any unnecessary delays,” stated her post, tagging PM Modi and Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh.

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