Sunil James, a Merchant Navy Captain who was in jail in Togo, western Africa, for the last five months was released today, the ministry for external affairs said. He is expected to be in India latest by tomorrow.
Another sailor who had been imprisoned along with Captain James, Vijayan, has been released too. Mr Akbaruddin said the two men were released after India's High Commissioner in Ghana K Jeeva Sagar met Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe.
The two sailors are with the Ghana High Commissioner right now, he said.
"It came as a surprise. We didn't have hope until yesterday. We are relieved," said Captain James' wife Aditi.
Captain James was arrested by Togo in July on charges of helping pirates who had attacked and looted his ship, MT Ocean Centurion, near the tiny African country that borders Ghana. His family had been making desperate attempts to secure his release since then.
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