Click to play videoMumbai: The agony continues for families of the six Indians held hostage by Somali pirates for two years now. Negotiations between the owner of MV Iceberg and the pirates have failed.
Government sources have told CNN-IBN that they are not only considering to facilitate a meeting of the families with the Dubai-based ship owner, but are also looking at immediate financial support for the families and even help in filing cases against the ship owner.
"Negotiations have failed, the government is not doing anything. My request to the government is to at least facilitate our meeting with the ship owner so that we can talk to him face-to-face to get our children back," father of a captive sailor Purshottam Tiwari said.
Hijacked in March 2009, the owner of this cargo ship has not only stopped negotiations with the pirates but hasn't even paid a single penny to the families of the sailors.
Sources also said that the government is also considering to offer help to the families so that they to take legal action against the ship owner.
Once a case is filed against an owner, his ship can be seized at any port across the world compelling him to fall in line. As for the sailors, they are making just one desperate plea.
"My son told me papa please do something quickly or else you won't meet me alive," father of a captive sailor Mansing Mohite said.
One crew-member is already dead; others are on the verge of starvation and with the government's assurance yielding little, the fragile hope of these families are fading fast.
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