LAHORE – Pakistan handed over an Indian pilot, who was captured by Pakistani troops inside Azada Jammu and Kashmir, to India as a gesture of peace amid armed escalation between two nuclear-armed rivals.
Indian Air Force Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was received by Air Vice Marshals-RGK Kapoor and Sreekumar Prabhakaran of Indian Air Force at Wagah-Attari Border.
Abhinandan Varthaman had landed inside Pakistani territory after his MiG-21 Bison was shot down in a dogfight with PAF jets on Wednesday morning.
The pilot was welcomed back into the country with the following tweets.
https://twitter.com/juniorbachchan/status/1101514002302005248
https://twitter.com/AnushkaSharma/status/1101482615880597505
https://twitter.com/AnilKapoor/status/1101509637319335936
https://twitter.com/AnushkaSharma/status/1101482615880597505
https://twitter.com/ajaydevgn/status/1101511806516785152
https://twitter.com/shahidkapoor/status/1101515999096987648
https://twitter.com/ActorMadhavan/status/1101511457609580544
https://twitter.com/taapsee/status/1101511018130227201
Sidhu, who was suspended from The Kapil Sharma Show over his remarks on Pulwama attack, took to Twitter to say: “Prime Minister Imran Khan every noble act makes a way for itself… your goodwill gesture is ‘a cup of joy’ for a billion people, a nation rejoices.”
