IAF completes Abhinandan's debriefing, pilot to go on sick leave

March 14, 2019 16:40

The debriefing of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman has been completed by the Indian Air Force and other agencies. The officer will be going on sick leave for a few weeks on the advice of doctors of the Army's Research and Referral Hospital.

Varthaman was captured by Pakistani authorities on February 27 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. He was handed over to Indian authorities at Attari-Wagah border on March 1.

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. "We are happy to have him back," said a top IAF officer shortly after Varthaman was handed over to Indian authorities.

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