Fishermen's case should be left to GoI, Kerala govt: Krishna
"That's
a
call
which
government
of
India
and
state
government
of
Kerala
has
to
take,"
Krishna
said
when
asked
whether
Italy
has
accepted
that
the
case
should
be
handled
as
per
the
Indian
law.
Italy
has
been
pressing
India
to
allow
the
case
in
which
two
of
its
marines
were
charged
with
murder,
to
be
taken
out
of
a
Kerala
court
while
New
Delhi
has
been
maintaining
that
the
law
will
take
its
own
course
in
India.
Mounting a diplomatic offensive, Italy's deputy foreign minister Steffan de Mistura arrived in Delhi on Wednesday and met his Indian counterpart Preneet Kaur but the two sides apparently made no headway in resolving the row.
India has made it clear that the issue would be handled according to the law of the land and said the "very fair and free judiciary" will take the right decision.
Mistura met Kerala chief minister Oomen Chandy on Wednesday night but the meeting failed to end the standoff with both sides sticking to their stands.
Italy has already moved the Kerala high court for quashing the murder charges against the marines in the killing of the fishermen off Kerala coast last Wednesday.
PTI