Family members of Commodore Sugunakar Pakala, a native of Visakhapatnam who was awarded death sentence, along with seven other former Navy officers in Doha, Qatar, have approached BJP Rajya Sabha member G.V.L. Narasimha Rao here for assistance.
Following the request, Mr. Narasimha Rao spoke to External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and Indian Ambassador to Qatar Vipul.
The death sentence was delivered by a “Court of Primary Instance in Qatar” 14 months after the arrest of former Indian naval officers on unsubstantiated charges of espionage.
