India’s The Print on April 19, 2023 reported that:
Eight former Indian Navy
officers have been imprisoned by Qatar. What those officers were doing for Qatar is unclear. They are accused of spying for Israel on
Qatar’s (until now secret) project to acquire 2 or more (smaller than the
Italian Navy's version) of the Fincantieri-TKMS Type 212 Near Future Submarines (NFS). The 212NFS's for the Italian Navy are to have both AIP and LIBs [for perhaps 4 weeks continuous submerged operation]. Possibly Qatar’s 212NFS's would have AIP and LIBs as well.
Pete Comment
India might logically have also been a recipient of the officers’ information, in part because Qatar is reportedly close militarily with India’s nemesis Pakistan.