(UTV|COLOMBO) – India has demanded the release of a Fighter Pilot shot down by Pakistan warplanes in a major escalation between the two nuclear powers over Kashmir, the BBC reported.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) Pilot, identified as Wing Commander Abhinandan, had been reported “Missing in action” by Indian Officials.
There is only one pilot under Pakistan Army’s custody. Wing Comd Abhi Nandan is being treated as per norms of military ethics. pic.twitter.com/8IQ5BPhLj2
— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) February 27, 2019
Pakistan’s Military Spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor said the Pilot was being “Treated as per norms of military ethics.”
The recent aerial attacks across the Line of Control (LoC) dividing Indian and Pakistani territory in Kashmir are the first since a war in 1971.
The incident, in which Pakistan said it had shot down two military jets, has escalated tensions between the two nations, both of whom claim all of Kashmir, but control only parts of it.
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