Seaman Guard Ohio

The 35 crew members of US company-owned ship MV Seaman Guard Ohio, who were sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment by a lower court on charges of illegally possessing weapons and entering Indian waters in an unauthorized manner, today moved the Madras High court bench here challenging the order.

A court on Monday sentenced crew members of a private American ship, including 25 foreigners, to five years in prison for illegal possession of arms in Indian waters in a verdict that could spark diplomatic tension.

The Principal Sessions Court today cancelled the conditional bail granted by a lower court to 35 crew members of a private US ship arrested on charges of carrying weapons illegally and straying into Indian waters.

Madras High Court today dismissed bail petitions of 35 crew members of a US ship, who were arrested on charges of illegally carrying weapons on board the vessel and straying into Indian waters.

A local court today dismissed the bail petitions of the 35 crew members of the detained US ship MV Seaman Guard Ohio, arrested on October 18 on charges of illegally carrying arms and straying into Indian waters.

Three crew members of the detained US vessel MV Seaman Guard Ohio were sent to judicial custody in Palayamkottai Central Jail after their police custody ended today.

Twenty two foreign nationals among the 35 arrested crew of detained US-based private ship were today shifted from the Central Prison at Palayamkottai in Tirunelveli to Chennai while a court adjourned the hearing to Thursday on a police plea seeking seven days custody of three others.

Twenty-two foreign crew members and security guards of the detained US based ship, Seaman Guard Ohio, are being shifted to Chennai's Puzhal Jail from the Palayamkottai Central Jail in Tirunelvelli. The 13 Indian crew members will remain in the Tirunelvelli Jail.

One of the 35 men found on board an American ship with a huge cache of illegal arms and ammunition tried to commit suicide in jail in Tutucorin in Tamil Nadu on Saturday.

One of the 35 men found on board an American ship with a huge cache of illegal arms and ammunition has tried to commit suicide in jail in Tutucorin in Tamil Nadu.

Five persons were arrested yesterday on charges of illegally supplying diesel to the US firm owned ship which allegedly entered Indian waters with arms, police sources said.

The truth behind the detention of the US ship and the arrest of its 35 crew members would come out after an enquiry into the matter, Shipping Minister GK Vasan said in Kumbakonam today.

A day after taking into custody 33 crew members of a US firm-owned ship, detained in Tuticorin for allegedly carrying arms in Indian waters illegally, Tamil Nadu police today arrested remaining two persons who were left to take care of the vessel's maintenance.

33 crew members of an American ship, detained for illegally entering Indian waters with a huge cache of arms, have been arrested and sent to 14-day judicial custody.

Shipping Minister GK Vasan on Wednesday said the US company-owned ship detained at Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin port will not be allowed to move out till the completion of a probe into the arms consignment it carried.

The 35 crew members of US company-owned ship MV Seaman Guard Ohio, who were sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment by a lower court on charges of illegally possessing weapons and entering Indian waters in an unauthorized manner, today moved the Madras High court bench here challenging the order.

A court on Monday sentenced crew members of a private American ship, including 25 foreigners, to five years in prison for illegal possession of arms in Indian waters in a verdict that could spark diplomatic tension.

The Principal Sessions Court today cancelled the conditional bail granted by a lower court to 35 crew members of a private US ship arrested on charges of carrying weapons illegally and straying into Indian waters.

Madras High Court today dismissed bail petitions of 35 crew members of a US ship, who were arrested on charges of illegally carrying weapons on board the vessel and straying into Indian waters.

A local court today dismissed the bail petitions of the 35 crew members of the detained US ship MV Seaman Guard Ohio, arrested on October 18 on charges of illegally carrying arms and straying into Indian waters.

Three crew members of the detained US vessel MV Seaman Guard Ohio were sent to judicial custody in Palayamkottai Central Jail after their police custody ended today.

Twenty two foreign nationals among the 35 arrested crew of detained US-based private ship were today shifted from the Central Prison at Palayamkottai in Tirunelveli to Chennai while a court adjourned the hearing to Thursday on a police plea seeking seven days custody of three others.

Twenty-two foreign crew members and security guards of the detained US based ship, Seaman Guard Ohio, are being shifted to Chennai's Puzhal Jail from the Palayamkottai Central Jail in Tirunelvelli. The 13 Indian crew members will remain in the Tirunelvelli Jail.

One of the 35 men found on board an American ship with a huge cache of illegal arms and ammunition tried to commit suicide in jail in Tutucorin in Tamil Nadu on Saturday.

One of the 35 men found on board an American ship with a huge cache of illegal arms and ammunition has tried to commit suicide in jail in Tutucorin in Tamil Nadu.

Five persons were arrested yesterday on charges of illegally supplying diesel to the US firm owned ship which allegedly entered Indian waters with arms, police sources said.

The truth behind the detention of the US ship and the arrest of its 35 crew members would come out after an enquiry into the matter, Shipping Minister GK Vasan said in Kumbakonam today.

A day after taking into custody 33 crew members of a US firm-owned ship, detained in Tuticorin for allegedly carrying arms in Indian waters illegally, Tamil Nadu police today arrested remaining two persons who were left to take care of the vessel's maintenance.

33 crew members of an American ship, detained for illegally entering Indian waters with a huge cache of arms, have been arrested and sent to 14-day judicial custody.

Shipping Minister GK Vasan on Wednesday said the US company-owned ship detained at Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin port will not be allowed to move out till the completion of a probe into the arms consignment it carried.