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Italian marines case: Death clause dropped, Kerala fishermen protest Neethu
Reghukumar CNN-IBN | 08-Feb-2014 13:51 PM

Thiruvananthapuram: The Independent Fish Workers Federation staged a
protest in front of the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram against the Home
Ministry dropping death clause against the Italian marines who had shot
dead two Indian fishermen.

They burnt the effigy of Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde and even
shouted slogans against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress
president Sonia Gandhi. National Fish Workers Forum Secretary T Peter said
the government has cheated the fishermen community. He added that death
penalty should be given to those marines who shot two unarmed fishermen
without any provocation. The Home Ministry on Friday took a U-turn on its
stance against Italian marines and dropped them of death penalty.