Close Diciotti case, let me work-Salvini

(ANSA) - Rome, October 18 - Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Thursday called on magistrates to drop a criminal case against him over his refusal to allow over 100 migrants saved by the Coast Guard to get off the Diciotti ship during a 10-day stand-off with the EU in August. The League leader, who is under investigation for alleged kidnapping, was reacting after a ministers' court in Palermo passed the case to prosecutors in Catania.
    "Incredible, the investigation into me continues: I'm allegedly a kidnapper (I risk 15 years in prison) for having stopped a ship loaded with immigrants.
    "Now the probe, which started in Agrigento, will go from Palermo to Catania... close it here and let me get on with my job!".