India demands immediate and safe return of IAF pilot from Pakistan
India also objected to Islamabad putting out widely circulated photographs and videos of the pilot. A statement by the ministry of external affairs said the video was “in violation” of all norms of International Humanitarian Law and the Geneva Convention.
By : migrator
Update: 2019-02-27 14:01 GMT
New Delhi
India asked Pakistan to ensure immediate release and safe return of the Indian Air Force pilot who was missing in action after Pakistan shot down a MIG 21 jet.
India also objected to Islamabad putting out widely circulated photographs and videos of the pilot. A statement by the ministry of external affairs said the video was “in violation” of all norms of International Humanitarian Law and the Geneva Convention.
The ministry had earlier in the day summoned Pakistan’s Deputy High Commissioner Syed Haider Shah to lodge a strong protest over Pakistan Air Force’s bid to attack Indian military installations.
India said Pakistan’s “unprovoked act of aggression” was in sharp contact to India’s non-military anti-terror pre-emptive strike at a Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist camp in Balakot on Tuesday morning
The video shows a blindfolded man, identifying himself as a Wing Commander-rank IAF officer and his service number. Then, he asks, “Am I with the Pakistani Army”.
Wing Commander Abhinandan was part of the IAF’s Combat Air Patrol (CAP) that engaged the on-coming Pakistani fighters that violated Indian airspace this morning, a day after India carried out a counter-terror strike at Jaish-e-Mohammed camp in Pakistan.
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