Gujarat Agriculture Minister Babubhai Bokharia has demanded that Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh take up the issue of an ailing local fisherman languishing in a Pakistani jail during his visit to the country.
Singh will visit Islamabad tomorrow for the SAARC meeting.
Bhagvan Sarman Solanki, who hails from Tad village of Una tehsil in Gir-Somnath district, was apprehended by Pakistani authorities in April 2015 for entering the Pakistani waters.
"I have made this request to Singh on the eve of his departure to Pakistan," said Bokharia.
Solanki's family members yesterday said he was not well and was in coma.
"Why was my father's name not on the list of 18 fishermen who were released from a jail in Pakistan on June 6?" asked Sanjay Solanki.
The family had not received any letter or message from his father in the last eight months, Sanjay had said, adding that the family hoped that Singh would take up the issue of his release during his visit to Pakistan.
