NEW DELHI: Thursday, an Italian marine detained for slaughter in India has been permitted to return home by the Supreme Court.
Salvatore Girone's request to leave India was supported by the government on "humanitarian grounds". However, Mr Girone must report every month to a designated police station and agree to obey orders of the Supreme Court issued after he leaves India.
He is one of two sailors under investigation over the killing of two Kerala fishermen in 2012. Italy has said the marines were guarding an oil tanker and mistook the fishermen for pirates.
A UN arbitration court hearing the case ruled earlier this month that India should release Mr Girone, who is on bail but has been detained at the Italian embassy in Delhi for more than four years. The court at the Hague said that the marine would have to obey bail conditions set by the Supreme Court.
