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Pakistan says it has 2 Indian pilots in custody, has shot down two jets in its airspace

Radio Pakistan has put up pictures of two persons on its Twitter handle, identifying them as the Indian pilots

PTI New Delhi Published 27.02.19, 07:28 AM
Radio Pakistan has claimed this is the photograph of one of the two Indian pilots now in Pakistan's custody.

Radio Pakistan has claimed this is the photograph of one of the two Indian pilots now in Pakistan's custody.

Pakistan on Wednesday claimed that it shot down two Indian military aircraft over Pakistani air space and arrested two pilots.

On its Twitter handle, Radio Pakistan has put out what it says are photographs of the pilots. Radio Pakistan is the state's radio channel.

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In a 46-second video, which is yet to be verified but released by the Pakistan Army, a blindfolded man claiming that he's IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan. 'I am an IAF officer. My service No is 27981,' the man said in the video.

Pakistani military spokesperson Major General Asif Ghafoor claimed that two IAF pilots had been arrested. One pilot is injured and has been shifted to a hospital, while another one is unhurt, he added.

He said one of the aircraft crashed in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir while the other fell in Jammu and Kashmir.

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