Ajmer:
The wife and other family members of Pakistani doctor Khalil Chishty, who is undergoing life sentence in the Ajmer Central Jail in a murder case, met him in prison on Saturday.
The 78-year-old virologist was convicted in a murder case by a court after an 18-year-long trial in January this year.
His wife Begum Mehrunissa, daughter Shoa and grandson Syed Ali Ghalib Chishty visited him in the jail following permission from External Affairs and Home ministries.
After the meeting, Chishty's grandson Ghalib said it was a very emotional moment for the family when they saw him.
"My grandmother had met him two years back, but I met him after eight years and he could not recognise me. He is under mental stress and wants to go home," Ghalib said.
"He is ailing, under stress. We will be staying here for a month and will try to meet the Rajasthan Governor to request him to release my grandfather," he said.
Chishty 's family has requested Rajasthan Governor Shivraj Patil to release him on humanitarian grounds. His mercy petition is pending with the Governor.