India s Ministry of External Affairs has been granted second consular access to the eight former Indian Navy officers who were sentenced to death by the Qatar Court on charges of spying on behalf of Israel. India is also in touch with Qatari authorities and providing legal assistance to the men.
New Delhi/IBNS: India has filed an appeal with Qatar over the death penalty to eight former Navy personnel, who were arrested in August last year for reasons still not known and sentenced last month. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said Thursday that Delhi has "already filed an appeal".
India has filed an appeal against the death penalty given to eight former Indian Navy personnel by a Qatar court last month. A court in Qatar had last month sentenced Captain Navtej Singh Gill, Captain Birendra Kumar Verma, Captain Saurabh Vasisht, Commander Amit Nagpal, Commander Purnendu Tiwari, Commander Sugunakar Pakala, Commander Sanjeev Gupta and Sailor Ragesh to death after finding them guilty of spying for Israel while working for private company Al Dahra on a naval project in Qatar.
Bengaluru, Nov 6: A day after Prathima, a deputy director of the Mines and Geology Department, was found dead at her residence in Doddakallasandra in the state capital, the police on Monday said her former car driver has been arrested.