A day after India struck down ‘terror camps’ in Pakistan, both sides today engaged in a military aerial encounter. Following this, a pilot was apprehended by the Pakistani military and a video of him in the custody of the Pakistani military has been doing the rounds.
India has confirmed that one Pakistan Air Force jet was shot down while India lost a MiG 21 and its pilot went missing.
India later confirmed the missing pilot was in Pakistan custody in a demarche to Pakistan, India has lodged strong protest demanding an immediate release of the IAF pilot.
As soon as the news broke, Twitter erupted asking to bring back the missing pilot. While his identity has not officially been revealed by the government, a video was purportedly released by Pakistan showing the pilot being questioned by the Pakistani authorities.
India has protested the ‘vulgar display’ and here’s what Twitter has had to say.