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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Illegally stored gas cylinders seized
Thane (PTI): Authorities have seized illegally stored 1,839 gas cylinders and seven vehicles worth over Rs 67 lakh in the Dombivli MIDC area of Thane district, officials said on Saturday.
A special vigilance team of the Mumbai Rationing Department detected an illegal storage of domestic and commercial LPG cylinders in Phase-2 of Dombivli (East).
Cylinders belonging to multiple gas agencies were found stockpiled in closed vehicles, unauthorised warehouses, and open sheds without mandatory permissions from the Explosives Department, Fire Department, or oil companies, according to an official release.
