NIA to file charge sheet against two Italian marines soon
January 22, 2014 00:10
NIA will file a charge sheet against two Italian marines, accused of killing two Kerala fishermen, after getting sanction to prosecute them under a law which provides only death penalty.
However, the charge sheet is unlikely before February 3 by when the Centre has told the Supreme Court that it will resolve all disputes with the Italian government arising out of invoking the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act against the two marines, official sources said.
The Home ministry had given sanction to NIA to prosecute the marines under SUA last week. Accused Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, who were on board Italian vessel 'Enrica Lexie' and now lodged in Italian embassy premises here, allegedly shot dead the two fishermen off the Kerala coast on February 15, 2012.
However, the charge sheet is unlikely before February 3 by when the Centre has told the Supreme Court that it will resolve all disputes with the Italian government arising out of invoking the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act against the two marines, official sources said.
The Home ministry had given sanction to NIA to prosecute the marines under SUA last week. Accused Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, who were on board Italian vessel 'Enrica Lexie' and now lodged in Italian embassy premises here, allegedly shot dead the two fishermen off the Kerala coast on February 15, 2012.
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