Fishermen Deaths

Firing probe: Italian crew sent to police custody

Kollam: A Kollam court on Monday remanded the two Italian Naval guards, accused of killing two Indian fishermen, in judicial custody for two weeks till March 5 and sent them to police custody for three days. The Italian marines were taken back to Cochin for further investigation. In court, the Italians argued that the shooting took place 33 nautical miles out in the sea, which is outside India's territorial water...  

Firing probe: Italian crew produced in court

New Delhi: Five days after two Indian fishermen were killed in firing from their cargo ship off Kerala coast, two Italian Naval guards were on Monday produced at the House of Magistrate in Kollam. Youth Congress and BJP workers were seen protesting outside the Magistrate's residence in Kollam. Earlier, Italian lawyers claimed that they have begun a separate probe into the alleged killings of two Indian fishermen in Italy and...  

Fishermen case: crew to request for probe in Italy

Thiruvananthapuram: Italian lawyers claim that they have begun a separate probe into the alleged killings of two Indian fishermen in Italy and will ask Indian authorities to allow them to continue the probe in Italy itself. The lawyers also said that Italy will invoke the UN law and ask for diplomatic immunity for the two arrested naval personnel. Both men who allegedly shot dead two Indian fishermen were taken into...  

Fishermen killed: Ship to hand over 2 guards

Kochi: Italian authorities have agreed to hand over two guards of Enrica Lexie to Kerala Police for questioning after Minister of External Affairs SM Krishna on Saturday talked to his Italian counterpart Giulio Maria Terzi di Sant'Agata regarding the Indian fishermen killing incident. Kochi police commissioner MR Ajith Kumar said the two guards will be handed over at 8 am on Sunday. During his talks, Krishna has told his Italian...  

Crew will face probe for killing fishermen: India

Kochi: Minister of External Affairs SM Krishna on Saturday told his Italian counterpart Giulio Maria Terzi di Sant'Agata that Indian law will have to be followed in the fishermen killing incident and the crew of Enrica Lexie will have to face probe. Krishna told the Italian minister that the crew of the ship should have exercised restraint as fishermen carried no arms, but only fishing nets. The Italian foreign minister...  

Fishermen killed: Italian, Indian officials to talk

Kochi: Italian authorities are scheduled to talk to the Indian officials on Saturday night regarding the killing of two Indian fishermen allegedly by the crew members of Italian ship Enrica Lexie. Even two days after the incident took place, no arrests have been made. The Italian ship's crew has refused to be questioned and said they will co-operate only after discussing the matter with their diplomats. The crew is awaiting...  

Indians killed: No arrests yet, PM to intervene

New Delhi: Over 48 hours since two Indian fishermen were killed allegedly by the crew members of Italian ship Enrica Lexie, no arrests have been made despite orders from the Ministry of Home Affairs. Sources have told CNN-IBN that the Prime Minister will now be consulted as this was a diplomatic matter. PMO sources say that by Saturday there will be some movement on the matter. Sources also say that...  

We take fishermen death incident very seriously: Antony

The Defence Minister, refused to give more details in the incident, in which guards on an Italian ship fired at and killed two Indian fishermen. ...

Fishermen deaths: Antony remains silent

Kochi: Defence Minister AK Antony said on Friday that investigations were on in the Kochi firing incident where guards on an Italian ship fired at and killed two Indian fishermen off the coast of Kochi. "They are questioning all the people involved." He, however, refused to give more details. "Giving more details is not appropriate. We take this issue very seriously, What happened was against the law, against all norms....  

Indians killed: Italian ship crew detained

Kochi: Kerala Police on Friday detained several members of the Enrica Lexie crew, who were accused of shooting dead two Indian fishermen off the coast of Kochi. "Vital information is yet to be collected from the ship. Six security guards on the ship are considered to be from the Italian Navy as per the information they have. These crew members will be arrested and produced in the court only after...