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A Qatari court has released eight former Indian naval officers previously on death row for unspecified charges.<\/p>\n
Seven of the men have already returned to India, Delhi’s foreign ministry said on Monday.<\/p>\n
In January, authorities said their death sentences had been converted into prison sentences of “varying” lengths.<\/p>\n
Neither Qatar nor India revealed the charges against the men, who were working for Dahra Global, a private firm in Qatar.<\/p>\n
But Financial Times<\/a> and Reuters<\/a> have reported that the men were charged with spying for Israel.<\/p>\n “We appreciate the decision by the Amir of the State of Qatar to enable the release and home-coming of these nationals,” Delhi’s foreign ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n Last October, India had said it was “deeply shocked”<\/a> after the Court of First Instance in Qatar sentenced the men to death.<\/p>\n The foreign ministry said it would explore all legal options and later filed an appeal against the sentence.<\/p>\n The arrest of the men had made front-page headlines in India in 2022.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n