Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman Treated Badly, Was Sleep Deprived, Choked and Beaten Up in Pakistan’s Captivity: Reports
Reports inform that the Wing Commander was deprived of sleep, choked and was also beaten up in Pakistan by people who held him captive there.
New Delhi, March 7: Abhinandan Varthaman, the Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot who returned to India on March 1 after being in Pakistan Army’s captivity, suffered a lot of trauma during his stay there. Reports inform that the Wing Commander was deprived of sleep, choked and was also beaten up during his two-day captivity in Pakistan. According to a report by Hindustan Times, a senior officer debriefing the pilot stated that the despite rounds of interrogation by officials in Pakistan, Abhinandan remained unabated and did not reveal any sensitive information. Abhinandan Varthaman Returns Home With a Rib Fracture, Back Contusion and Bruises: Reports.
The report states that during the first 24-hours of his captivity, interrogators quizzing the Wing Commander were trying to extract sensitive information on Indian troop deployment and high-security radio frequencies. The IAF pilot underwent a series of medical tests as part of a "cooling down" process on his return. Soon after his arrival in the national capital, he was taken to the Air Force Central Medical Establishment (AFCME), a compact and specialised medical evaluation centre for aircrew of all the three services. Abhinandan Varthaman Remains in High Spirit Despite Mental Harassment in Pakistan.
Vardhaman returned to India on March 1, two days after he was captured following a dogfight when his MiG 21 was shot down. The Pakistani officials handed over Varthaman to Indian officials, including from the IAF, at the Attari-Wagah Border. Abhinandan Varthaman Returns India After 58 Hours From Pakistan Via Attari Wagah Border.
On February 27, Varthaman was captured by Pakistani authorities after an air combat between the air forces of the two countries, a day after New Delhi had conducted counter-terror operations in Pakistan's Balakot. On February 26, India bombed Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) camps, the group that claimed credit for a suicide bomb attack that killed at least 40 CRPF jawans in Kashmir's Pulwama on February 14. In the airstrikes, India used 12 Mirage 2000 fighter jets to destroy Jaish camps.
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