India awards third highest Military Honor to Abhinandhan despite he failed in mission due to shot down by Pakistan Air Force in Feb 2019.
As per Indian newspaper 'The Indian
Express', Abhinandan has just received the third highest level honor of the
Indian Army Veer Chakra, followed by Parem Veer Chakra at number one and Maha
Chakra at number two.
Abhinandan received the medal from Indian
President Ram Nath Kavand during awards ceremony at Indian Capital New Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defense Minister Rajnath Singh also attended at
the ceremony.
As per reports, Abhinandan has also recently
been promoted from Wing Commander to the rank of Group Captain.
As per India, he shot down Pakistani Military
F-16, but it has been described by Pakistan, independent observers and the
international media as untrue.
Delhi: Wing Commander (now Group Captain) Abhinandan Varthaman being accorded the Vir Chakra by President Ram Nath Kovind, for shooting down a Pakistani F-16 fighter aircraft during aerial combat on February 27, 2019. pic.twitter.com/vvbpAYuaJX
— ANI (@ANI) November 22, 2021
Referring to the award, Indian Express
wrote that Abhinandan still stood bravely in front of enemy without
compromising his safety and discharged his duties in an astonishing manner.
Besides Abhinandan his unit 51 Squadron
was also awarded during the ceremony.
In reaction to the news, Pakistan Peoples
Party Vice President Sherry Rehman tweeted, “Is this real that he awarded for taking
tea in Pakistani custody? She further said its opposite of reality.
Is this for real? Award for drinking tea in Pakistani custody ? #paralleluniverse https://t.co/2FWr8fNTa8
— SenatorSherryRehman (@sherryrehman) November 22, 2021
Prime Minister Imran Khan's focal person
for digital media Arsalan Khalid wrote Prime Ministers Narendra Modi awards Abhinandan
after every month just to memorize defeat.
Fantastic 😂 Actually I feel for Abhinandan. Just because of @narendramodi and Indian media denial of the defeat and embarrassment they had bk then, poor Abhinandan is reminded of the episode every second month. https://t.co/tXTDHihrT7 pic.twitter.com/204G0RTIxL
It is pertinent to mention that Pakistani
people had arrested Indian pilot Abhinandan and handed over Pak Army but
Pakistan had sent him back home showing goodwill.
Abhinandan
is son of a former Indian pilot who got commission as fighter pilot during 2004.
He was arrested on 27 Feb 2019.
Local people of Azad Kashmir had captured
Abhinandan before crashing of his plane crashed and was later handed over to
Pakistan Army personnel.
Videos were released after the incident
showing military personnel still holding Nandan in safe custody from civilians.
Later, ISPR released a video in which Indian
pilot Abhinandan was present in friendly atmosphere with Pakistani military
personnel and he admitted that he was treated very well.
Abhinandan had admitted in the video that
Pakistani military persons took good care of him and he had said he not change
his statement after return to his country.
He was later deported back to India from Wagha
Border, Lahore on 1 March 2019 in a spirit of goodwill.
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