ROHTAK: The family members of the Indians, who have been in the captivity of Somali pirates for the last seven months, are yet to get any official assurance for their safe release.The family members of four of the six Indians, on board the Egyptian cargo ship MV Suez that was hijacked by the Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden on August 2, met the Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda in Rohtak on Sunday evening and urged him to take steps for bailing out their men.However, the families said that the MP refused to give any assurance even as pirates had given one week's ultimatum to pay Rs 10 crore ransom for their release failing which they could be killed.Ravinder Gulia, resident of Rohtak town, is one among the six Indian hostages on board the Egyptian cargo ship. The lives of 22 crew of the ship including 11 Egyptians, six Indians, four Pakistanis and one Sri Lankan are at the mercy of the Somali pirates.The family members including parents and wives of five Indians on board- Prashant Chauhan from Shimla, Satnam Singh of Ambala, MK Sharma of Jammu and Kashmir met at Ravinder Gulia’s residence in Rohtak on Sunday.They staged a protest in front of chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda’s residence in Model town but the district officials removed them from the spot and asked them to meet the Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda.Satnam,s father Samsher Singh informed the Times of India that like other Indian officials, the Rohtak MP failed to give any positive assurance to them. “We have been trying to get an audience from ministers, senior officials and embassies for the last seven months but nobody has cared to hear us. We will be forced to take drastic steps if anything untoward happens with our son,” he stated.The recent Egyptian crisis had further complicated the issue putting the lives of crew in danger as the owner of the cargo vessel has refused to pay the ransom to get the hostages released in the aftermath of the civilian unrest in the country.The family members said that they had been getting curt replies from the Indian authorities when they requested them to intervene in the matter. "Every official or politician we met expressed their helplessness stating that this was not their issue," the families said.Sampa wife of Rohtak youth Ravinder Gulia said that he got a call from his husband two days ago who pleaded for help stating that the pirates would kill them if their demand of paying Rs 10 crore ransom was not met soon. “We are even trying to collect the ransom amount to pay the pirates but we don’t know how to approach the pirates for the deal. The government is even not ready to mediate in the issue," she lamented.