{"id":18253,"date":"2023-10-26T18:40:07","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T18:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/qatar-court-hands-down-death-penalty-verdict-for-eight-indians\/"},"modified":"2023-10-26T18:40:07","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T18:40:07","slug":"qatar-court-hands-down-death-penalty-verdict-for-eight-indians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/qatar-court-hands-down-death-penalty-verdict-for-eight-indians\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar court hands down death penalty verdict for eight Indians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>A Qatar court has announced the death penalty for eight Indians <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1719236\">arrested in the country last year<\/a>, the Indian government said on Thursday, adding it was \u201cdeeply shocked\u201d by the verdict.<\/p>\n<p>New Delhi said in a statement that it attaches \u201chigh importance to this case\u201d and will \u201ctake up the verdict with Qatari authorities\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Local media has reported that the eight men, who worked with a private company in Qatar, were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1719236\">arrested<\/a> for spying in August 2022, but <em>Reuters<\/em> could not independently confirm the charges.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1727993\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Neither the Indian government nor the Qatari authorities have made the charges against the men, who are all former Indian navy officials, public.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for India\u2019s foreign ministry did not respond to a request seeking comment.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s government statement said that it would \u201cnot be appropriate to make any further comments at this stage\u201d due to the \u201cconfidential nature of the proceedings\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Indian foreign ministry officials, including Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, had earlier said that the exact nature of the charges against the eight Indian men is \u201cnot entirely clear\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>More than 800,000 Indian citizens live and work in Qatar.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Qatar court has announced the death penalty for eight Indians arrested in the country last year, the Indian government said on Thursday, adding it was \u201cdeeply shocked\u201d by the verdict. 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