IAF Pilot Abhinandan Varthaman returns back to India
New Delhi: IAF Pilot and national hero Abhinandan Varthaman returned back into the Indian side by the Pakistani authorities on Friday evening at Attari Wagah Border.
The news of his release by the Pakistani PM Imran Khan had come as a sigh of relief for the nation, who were concerned about the officer’s well being in the Pakistan.
He was held captive by the Pakistan Army after IAF’s Mig 21 he was flying was shot down by Pakistan when he was chasing back the Pakistan fighter jets who tried to attack military installation on India side on Wednesday.
On Thursday, Pakistan PM had announced in parliament that the officer will be handed over to India as a ‘peace gesture’ while deescalating the prevailing tension between the neighbors over the Pulwama attack followed by India’s response by carrying out Air Strikes inside Pakistan territory in an anti-terror operation on Tuesday.
People started gathering at Wagah border right from Friday afternoon, to celebrate the homecoming of the brave officer.
Reports of celebrations also came from different parts of the country to mark the occasion.
After announcement of the officer’s release, demand for Nobel Peace Prize for Pakistan PM Imran Khan went trending on twitter, while people of India lauded the diplomacy and international pressure built by PM Modi on Pakistan and credited it for the release of Abhinandan.
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Man arrested with Rs 2.54-crore heroin in Mumbai
Mumbai (PTI): Police have arrested a man and seized over 500 grams of heroin worth Rs 2.54 crore in the illicit market from him in Mumbai, officials said on Friday.
The police's Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) made the drug seizure in Santacruz in the western suburbs. The operation was conducted by the Kandivali unit of the ANC on Thursday as part of a special crackdown against drug trafficking in the area, they said.
Acting on specific inputs, an ANC team conducted a raid in Santacruz (East) and intercepted a man. During a search, the team recovered 508 grams of high-grade heroin from his possession, an official said.
The seized contraband, a highly addictive, opioid drug derived from morphine, is estimated to be worth Rs 2.54 crore in the international market, he informed.
Following the seizure, a case was registered against the man under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985, and he was formally placed under arrest in the early hours of Friday.
The police are currently investigating the source of the drug and trying to identify the intended recipients of the consignment, he said.
