New Delhi: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday slammed the Centre after the Supreme Court allowed Italian marine Salvatore Girone, who is one of the accused in the 2012 killing of two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast, to go home.
Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Pinky Anand, appearing for the Centre, had told the Supreme Court that the government does not object if conditions are relaxed on the same lines as was done in the case of Massimiliano Latorre (another accused in the case). The court then allowed Girone to return to Italy subject to certain conditions.
But Vijayan took on the Centre. "On Italian Marines case, Centre’s stand is unacceptable. Italian marines must be tried in India," he said just a day after taking oath as the Chief Minister of Kerala.
Earlier in the day, Girone was allowed to return to Italy by the SC during arbitration into the 2012 deaths of two Indian fishermen. It also said that they shall be brought to India as and when required.
Girone is one of the two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen off the Kerala coast. The other accused in the case, Massimiliano Latorre, is already in Italy.
He was allowed to go Italy by the apex court in September 2014 on health grounds.
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