ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan
has handed over captured IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman to the Indian High Commission in Islamabad on Friday. Sources said that Wing Commander Abhinandan would cross the Wagah-Attari border around 1 pm.
In a peace gesture, Pakistan had on Thursday said that it would release Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, captured during a dogfight between India and the neighbouring country on Wednesday.
According to official sources, a delegation of IAF team and Abhinandan's parents will receive him at the Wagah border. Earlier, it was expected that Abhinandan would be released only by Friday evening.
Varthaman's MiG 21 was shot and he bailed out after bringing down one Pakistani F-16 fighter during a dogfight to repel a Pakistani attack on Wednesday morning. He has been in Pakistan since then.
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