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India insists on the legal process in the case of fishermen being killed Even as India is insisting that the legal process has to be followed scrupulously in the case of fishermen killing by two Italian marines on board vessel Enrica Lexie recently, Italy wants a more political resolution to the matter.It has rushed in Under Secretary Staffan De Mistura who will arrive here on Wednesday to discuss the turn of the events regarding the arrest of the two Italian marines. De Mistura will "continue on a political level the action so far carried out by a delegation of experts from the Italian Foreign, Defence and Justice Ministries", a statement by the Italian Foreign Ministry said.Italy also claimed that the local Indian police had taken "coercive" and "unilateral" action in taking the two marines in custody and removing them from their ship. Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi too will arrive next week on Tuesday.Source: IBN Live

India will ask the global shipping community to 'fine-tune' practices India will ask the global shipping community to 'fine-tune' practices adopted while deploying armed guards on merchant vessels in the backdrop of the Enrica Lexie case."Already there are good practices evolved by global shipping industry to ensure that armed guards on private vessels use force in a very restrained manner. This (killing of unarmed fishermen by the Italian marines) may be a stray case as there are no similar incidents reported from anywhere in the world. But we need to fine tune those practices and ensure that such incidents do not recur,'' shipping secretary K Mohandas told TOI here."There are reports that the mariners did not follow the prescribed practices. Of course, we can come to the final conclusions only after a full investigation. We don't want to make any hasty statements. Even though India is not a big player in the global shipping industry, the incident will serve as a reminder for ship security staff as to why they should proceed cautiously in such a situation,'' he said.Pointing out that this incident was the first of its kind in recent maritime history, commander in charge of the coast guard ...

Enrica Lexie is now berthed off the Kochi coast for further investigation India on Thursday summoned the Italian envoy to voice concern over the killing of two fishermen by security officials of an Italian cargo vessel in the waters off Kerala. It asked Italy to ensure the ship's captain cooperates with Indian police.Italy, however, maintained that the Italian navy personnel on board Enrica Lexie fired warning shots after they were allegedly attacked in international waters by people on an Indian fishing vessel.The incident that killed two fishermen, one from Tamil Nadu and the other from Kerala, who were mistaken for pirates, took place Wednesday evening about 14 nautical miles off Alappuzha in Kerala.M. Ganapathi, secretary (west) in the external affairs ministry, met Italian ambassador Giacomo Sanfelice di Montefort and asked him to ensure that the captain cooperates with Indian officials probing the incident. The Italian envoy said the captain will cooperate with Kochi police.Enrica Lexie is now berthed off the Kochi coast and its officials have been summoned by police for further investigations.The Italian embassy, however, insisted that the ship was attacked and the firing was done only in self-defence."The Italian ship was attacked yesterday in international waters about 30 ...

Enrica Lexie violated the anti-piracy norms when it fired at an Indian boat Italian merchant vessel Enrica Lexie had violated the established anti-piracy norms when it fired at an Indian boat carrying 11 fishermen off the Kollam coast in Kerala killing two of them, the navy on Thursday said.Whenever there is a piracy attempt on a merchant vessel, it is supposed to communicate to its base or nearest ship but no such communication was registered from the Italian ship in this incident, navy sources said in New Delhi.The incident was reported only after the fishermen returned to their village and the Italians had not informed authorities and agencies concerned even after killing the fishermen, they said.The security detail on the merchant vessel seemed to be trigger-happy as they directly attacked Indian fishermen, the sources said.As per the norms, any ship coming under attack has to report the incident immediately to the single primary point of contact which is the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) in Dubai.The ships are also supposed to make 'Mayday' distress calls on particular radio frequencies watched by the navies but no such attempt seems to have been made by the vessel.In case of an attack, merchant ...

The Italian cargo ship, Enrica Lexie, is now berthed off the Kochi coast - under investigation The Kerala cabinet on Thursday decided to give Rs.5 lakh compensation each to the next of kin of the two fishermen shot dead by security officials of an Italian cargo vessel after being mistaken for pirates, a minister said as investigations into the incident got under way.The decision comes a day after two fishermen, one from Kerala and another from Tamil Nadu, were killed in the sea, about 14 nautical miles off the Alappuzha coast. The Italian cargo ship, Enrica Lexie, is now berthed off the Kochi coast and its officials have been summoned by police for further investigations.State Fisheries Minister K. Babu has said that it remained to be seen how the issue was settled as an Italian ship was involved.Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has asked the home department to register a case and do all the necessary procedures as it involves a foreign vessel.The fishing boat in which the two were shot dead had left for fishing operations a week ago from Kollam. Freddy, the owner of the boat who was present when the incident took place around 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday, ...