Death sentence to eight ex-Indian Navy personnel in Qatar commuted

Doha, 28/12: A Qatar Court has commuted the death sentence given to eight former Indian Navy personnel in an alleged case of espionage, the External Affairs Ministry said on Thursday.

We have noted the verdict today of the Court of Appeal of Qatar in the Dahra Global case, in which the sentences have been reduced,” the ministry said in a statement. The eight former personnel of the Indian Navy, arrested in an alleged case of espionage.