Happy to have Abhinandan Varthaman back from Pakistan: IAF

  • The Air Vice Marshal did not take any questions from the media
  • Varthaman will be taken for a detailed medical examination as he was subjected to lot of stress during his nearly three-day captivity

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Published1 Mar 2019, 09:58 PM IST
IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman arrived at Wagah border on Pakistani side on Friday.
IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman arrived at Wagah border on Pakistani side on Friday.(Photo: ANI)

"We are happy to have him back," said a top IAF officer Friday night shortly after the captured Indian pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was handed over to Indian authorities by Pakistan at the border point here.

Reading out a brief statement, Air Vice Marshal R G K Kapoor, assistant chief of Air Staff, told a posse of reporters that the pilot will be taken for a detailed medical examination as he was subjected to lot of stress during his nearly three-day captivity.

The Air Vice Marshal did not take any questions from the media.

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