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The Indian government has said an Indian pilot is
"missing in action" after an Air Force aircraft shot down a Pakistani
jet that was targeting military installations in India.
With an Indian pilot in Pakistan's custody following an
aerial encounter with the Indian Air Force over the Line of Control in Jammu
and Kashmir today, there were calls to treat him humanely and in accordance to
the Geneva Conventions.
According to experts, Pakistan had violated the conventions
by releasing a purported video showing him tied up and bloodied on social
media.
The Indian government said an Indian pilot was in
Pakistan's custody after a fighter jet was shot down in an encounter with
Pakistani Air Force planes trying to target military installations in India
this morning. It said it expected the pilot's immediate and safe return.
This came after Pakistan claimed "strikes across Line
of Control from within Pakistani airspace", in the worst escalation of
hostilities between the countries in decades following India's air strike to
target a terror camp in Balakot on Tuesday.
At a press briefing earlier in the day, he said that two
pilots were “arrested” after Pakistani fighter planes
shot down two Indian Air Force jets after they crossed the Line of Control
(LoC).
Ghafoor had claimed that the second pilot was injured and receiving treatment at a hospital. “Two air force jets crossed over the LoC. Pakistan’s Air Force was ready. We engaged them and shot down two of their jets,” he said.
Our prayers are with Wing Commander AbhinandanVarthaman and
his family. We pray for his safe return early.
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