The Marine Case may come back to Kerala

16 January 2014
New Delhi

Marines Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone who were accused of murdering of fisherman’s from Kerala have been facing charges more than a year and still the case is not yet over.

The prospect of the Enrica Lexie case coming back to Kerala emerged on Monday, amid indications that the Union Home Ministry may deny sanction to prosecute the two Italian marines accused of killing two Kerala fishermen under a law which provides death penalty — the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Maritime Navigation and Fixed Platforms on Continental Shelf Act.

The Supreme Court handed over the probe to the NIA, which under law is mandated to probe only scheduled offences. Marines Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone are now lodged in the Italian Embassy premises in Delhi.

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