Overview
- The MEA said Tiwary was taken into custody in December following a court verdict in Qatar.
- The Indian Embassy in Doha is in touch with him and his family and is providing all possible consular assistance.
- New Delhi did not disclose the charges and noted the case remains before Qatari courts, with several non-Indian nationals also arrested.
- Tiwary was among eight Indian Navy veterans pardoned in 2024, but he stayed in Doha under a travel ban tied to alleged financial irregularities at his employer Dahra Global.
- His family alleges the new financial case is fabricated, reports a serious decline in his health, and has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.