Mumbai: Merchant navy captain Sunil James who returned to Mumbai yesterday after being released from a jail in Togo in western Africa after five months says he felt helpless when he was informed of his 11-month-old son Vivaan’s death.
Sunil james said to Channel, Any father in such a situation is very helpless. I was sitting there and praying to God to let me see my son one last time. The baby’s body was kept in a morgue in Mumbai.
Captain James was freed along with another sailor Vijayan after India’s High Commissioner in Ghana, K Jeeva Sagar, met Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe.
The sailors were arrested in July on charges of helping pirates who had attacked and looted their ship, MT Ocean Centurion, near the tiny African country that borders Ghana. Captain James’ family had been making desperate attempts to secure his release since then.
Sunil said, Last week, his family members met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to seek his help in getting the sailor freed. Captain James thanked the Indian community in Togo and PM Manmohan Singh for helping him. What happened is in the past. I would like to look at the future.
Bureau Report
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