Italian marines, Latorre Massimillano and Salvatore Girone, were first sentenced by a court in Kollam for 14 days custody Feb 20 after two Indian fishermen, Ajesh Binki, 25, and Gelastine, 45, were allegedly mistaken as pirates and shot dead by them while serving as the security crew of cargo vessel Enrica Lexie Feb 15, off Alappuzha in Kerala.

A police official confirmed to IANS that the decision had been taken to shift the two Italians to the Borstal school but they might not be moved Thursday as a state-wide shutdown had been called.