STRASBOURG. MEPs call on the Indian authorities to release the 35-strong crew – including 14 Estonians and 6 Britons – of the Merchant Vessel Seaman Guard Ohio, who were arrested in India‘s southern state of Tamil Nadu in October 2013 and charged with illegally possessing weapons. The defendants claim to have been on an anti-piracy mission and have consistently denied any wrongdoing. The charges were rapidly quashed, but the Indian authorities appealed, forbidding the seamen to leave the country.