An official and legal delegation from Italy arrived on Sunday for talks with Indian officials to try to delay the arrest of their naval personnel, but Indian officials insisted that the crime had occurred on an Indian vessel which means India had jurisdiction over prosecution and investigation of the crime.
The accused, Latorre Massimiliano and Salvatore Gironewere, taken to Kochi by the police on Sunday. Earlier, the crew members of the Enrica Lexie were interrogated by the police and were asked to surrender by 8 am on Sunday. They will be produced before the magistrate in Kochi in 24 hours.
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Ajesh Binki, 25, from Tamil Nadu and Gelastine, 45, from Kerala, were mistaken for pirates and shot dead by the crew of an Italian ship on Wednesday evening about 14 nautical miles off Alappuzha.
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The Italian government wanted to delay the arrest? Do they not understand international relations at all? Oh, of course not, it's the Italian government we're talking about.
They're lucky the Indians are being reasonable about this and just going after two naval guards for murder rather than calling it an act of international aggression.
Lucky they didn't fire on Iranian or worse still American fishermen.
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