LIVE! Does it take the death of a baby for government to act, asks family

December 06, 2013 17:28

For five months, Indian merchant ship captain Sunil James has been in a jail in Togo in Western Africa.

His family has been fighting to get him freed; now all they want is for him to return and see his 11-month-old son, Vivaan, for the last time.

Vivaan died on Monday of septicemia, a tragedy that seems to have jolted the government into action.

Milind Deora, the Minister of State for shipping, said on Friday that legal options are being worked out with the Togo government.

"The ministry will request Captain James' company to give a commercial undertaking to the Togo government," he told NDTV. Read more

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