“Who Secured Their Release”? Indian Twitter Explodes with Buffoonery

Eight Indian ex-Naval officers, sentenced to death in Qatar on charges of spying for Israel, were set free and returned to India after spending months in a Qatar jail. However, their return sparked buffoonery on Indian Twitter.

A buffoon expressing his views on Twitter. (AI generated)

Although claimed to be a diplomacy test of the Modi government, the credit for the release belonged to everyone but Modi.

In August 2022, eight Indian Navy officials — three captains, four commanders, and a sailor — were arrested from Doha by the Qatari intelligence service for allegedly passing sensitive submarine-related information to Israeli intelligence.

A Qatar court sentenced them to death, but India filed an appeal. An appeals court later commuted their sentence to prison terms of varying lengths.

The Indian media called it the

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