Imprisoned sailor's family meets PM

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The family members of merchant navy captain Sunil James, jailed in Togo, today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking his early release to conduct the last rites of his 11-month-old son who died recently. Captain James' wife Aditi and her sister Anvi accompanied by Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam met the Prime Minister in his Parliament House office. Captain James of oil tanker MT Ocean Centurian was arrested in July on charges of aiding pirates off the coast of Togo.