Qatar Sentences 8 Indian Navy Veterans To Death: A Timeline Of The Case
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All 7 Navy Veterans were employed by a private company, Dahra Global.
A Qatari court has handed down the death penalty to eight former Indian Navy personnel who were detained in Doha in 2022.
The reasons for their detention by Qatari authorities remain undisclosed. Many aspects of the case, including the specific crime for which the men have been condemned to death, have not been publicly revealed.
The seven individuals, namely Captain Navtej Singh Gill, Captain Saurabh Vasisht, Commander Purnendu Tiwari, Captain Birendra Kumar Verma, Commander Sugunakar Pakala, Commander Sanjeev Gupta, Commander Amit Nagpal, and Sailor Ragesh, were employed by a private company, Dahra Global. They were in Qatar to assist with the introduction of Italian U212 stealth submarines into the Qatari Emiri Naval Force in their personal roles.
Here is a timeline of the case: