Indian policemen escort crew members of Sierra Leone-flagged ship Seaman Guard Ohio, outside a court in Tuticorin in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu October 18, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer
CHENNAI, India (Reuters) - India has charged 33 men aboard an armed ship operated by a U.S. maritime security firm for failing to produce papers authorising it to carry weapons in Indian waters, police said on Saturday, a move that could trigger diplomatic tensions.
The captain and the chief engineer were not among those arrested in Friday's action.
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