Ships with armed guards: Govt may fix responsibility on flag-state

N.K.KURUP

MUMBAI, FEB. 19: 
 
 
India's maritime administration may make ‘flag-state endorsement' mandatory for foreign merchant ships entering Indian waters with armed security guards on board. The idea is to make the Government of the country in which the ship is registered (flag-state) also responsible for any action on the part of the armed guards deployed on the vessel.
The move apparently follows the killing of two fishermen off the Kerala coast last week when

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