Expressing satisfaction over the efforts being made by the Union Government, especially the Ministry of External Affairs and the Indian Embassy in Qatar, in getting the death sentence awarded to eight former Navy officers abolished and securing their early repatriation, Kapur Kalyan Chakravarthy, brother-in-law of Commander Sugunakar Pakala, who is one among the eight officers, says the government “needs to step up its efforts further.”
Addressing the media here on October 27, he said, “The family members of the officers are in distress and shattered on hearing the death sentence pronounced by a Qatar court on October 26. We request Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take it up with the Government of Qatar and get the sentence abolished and seek their release.”
