After daylong wait, lAF hero Abhi returns home from Pak.
After suspenseful wait lasting hours, Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman finally returned home from capitivity in Pakistan Friday, a major step towards defusing a near war situation triggered by India's retaliation over Pakistan's continued support for terrorism. Hoping to give a dark jacket and khakhi trousers, walking proudly toward the gates that separated his captors country from his homeland. '' Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman has just been handed over to us. He will be taken now for a detailed medical checkup. This check up is mandatory as he had to eject from an airplane which would have put his entire body under stress'', Vice chief Marshal R G Kapoor told reporters in a brief statement in Attari, near Amritstar, on the other side of Wagah.
He finally emerged at 9.10 p.m. India time at the Wagah checkpost on the Pakistan side, accompanied by Pakistani rangers, the Indian air attache posted in the High Commission in Islamabad. He was wearing a civilian clothes- a dark jacket and khakhi trousers, walking proudly toward the gates that separated his captors country from his homeland. '' Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman has just been handed over to us. He will be taken now for a detailed medical checkup. This check up is mandatory as he had to eject from an airplane which would have put his entire body under stress'', Vice chief Marshal R G Kapoor told reporters in a brief statement in Attari, near Amritstar, on the other side of Wagah.
Addressing a public rally in Tamilnadu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, ''every Indian is proud of brave pilot Abhinandan Varthaman.''
Several political leaders, including Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and West Bengal chief minister Mamta Banerjee welcome the Abhinandan Varthaman back home.
a dark jacket and khakhi trousers, walking proudly toward the gates that separated his captors country from his homeland. '' Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman has just been handed over to us. He will be taken now for a detailed medical checkup. This check up is mandatory as he had to eject from an airplane which would have put his entire body under stress'', Vice chief Marshal R G Kapoor told reporters in a brief statement in Attari, near Amritstar, on the other side of Wagah.