IAF pilot Abhinandan being treated as criminal by Indian authorities
Instantly, Indian intelligence agency took him to its headquarters for assessment.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, upon returning back to India at Wagha-Attari border on Friday night, is being treated as a criminal by the authorities.
He was taken into custody immediately and was restricted from talking to the media. The India soldiers while showing a disgraceful behaviour towards Abhinandan did not gave any salutes to him.
Indian representatives at the border themselves read out written statements as per directives of higher authorities.
It is being anticipated that Indian authorities feared that Abhinandan would have thanked and appreciated Pakistan Army for treating him with dignity, and that s why he was not allowed to talk to the media.
After receiving Abhinandan at the border, he was taken to New Delhi last night amid strict security. Indian intelligence agency took him to its headquarters and conducted his medical and psychological examination.
His detailed MRI and CT scans were held today in a military hospital. The pilot was allowed to meet his family for only 10 minutes afterwards.
Later, his debriefing commenced the same way as that of a war prisoner is held after return to home country.
In the first phase, Abhinandan was produced before Defence Minister of India Nirmala Sitharaman. The officials had him seated 10-feet away from the minister on a single chair.
Several questions were asked from the released pilot in the meeting which was also attended by senior Indian army officers.
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Pakistan on Friday handed over captured Indian pilot to Indian authorities at Wagah border in a “peace gesture”.
Abhinandan’s MiG-21 jet was shot down over Kashmir on Wednesday, after a dogfight in the skies over the disputed Himalayan region which sent tensions between India and Pakistan to their highest levels in years and alarmed world powers, who issued calls for restraint.
The latest confrontation between the neighbours erupted after a suicide bombing in Indian Occupied Kashmir killed over 40 Indian troops on February 14.
Twelve days later Indian warplanes violated Pakistani airspace and dropped payload in haste as they were chased by Pakistan Air Force (PAF) jets.
