The Indian nationals are all employees of Doha-based Dahra Global, and were working in their private capacity with Dahra Global to oversee the induction of Italian small stealth submarines U2I2.
The families of eight former Indian Navy personnel who have been sentenced to death in Qatar have categorically denied that the men had anything to do with espionage and pointed out that there has been no "proof of allegations" from the country.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath praised the ongoing Israeli offensive on Gaza, which claimed lives of nearly thousands of civilians, mostly children and woman.