Zambia has reportedly sought India's help in recovering the dues of one of its nationals who used to work as a pilot in this country's now-grounded Kingfisher Airlines.

The Zambian High Commission in New Delhi has approached India's Ministry of External Affairs to urgently take up the issue of non-payment of salary to the tune of 24,000 U.S. dollars to Captain Robbin Mubanga, the Zambian pilot who quit Kingfisher as the airline had stopped paying salary since March, The Times of India newspaper reported.

The Ministry of External Affairs, in turn, has written to the Aviation Ministry, seeking "an urgent response to inform the friendly government of Zambia on the status and redressal of the complaint", the report said.

The Kingfisher Airlines, owned by liquor baron Vijay Mallya, stopped paying salary to its employees since March and over the past 10 days gave two months' pay to staffers who are still on its payrolls. Since the Zambian pilot quit the airlines, he is yet to receive any dues.