Qatar Releases 8 Jailed Indian Navy Veterans, 7 Back In India
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Eight Indian Navy veterans who had their death sentence commuted to prison terms in Qatar have been released, the government said early this morning. Seven of them are already back in India after an 18-month jail stay in the Middle-East country.
"The Government of India welcomes the release of eight Indian nationals working for the Dahra Global company who were detained in Qatar. Seven out of the eight of them have returned to India. We appreciate the decision by the Amir of the State of Qatar to enable the release and home-coming of these nationals," the Foreign Ministry said.
"We are very happy that we are back in India, safely. Definitely, we would like to thank PM Modi as this was only possible because of his personal intervention," said one of the Navy veterans on returning from Qatar.
