Pakistani Soldier Who Captured Abhinandan Varthaman Reportedly Killed
India responded to the Pulwama terror assault, in which a suicide bomber in a Maruti Suzuki Eeco van attacked a security forces convoy, with the Balakot airstrikes.
According to sources who spoke to NDTV on Wednesday, the Tehreek-i-Taliban-e-Pakistan has executed the Pakistani special forces officer who claimed to have captured Indian fighter pilot Abhinandan Varthaman during the 2019 Balakot airstrike.
Along the Pakistan-Afghan border, the TTP is an armed Islamist organisation. According to reports, Major Syed Muiz, assigned to the 6th Commando Battalion of the Pak Special Service Group, was killed in combat in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan’s Sarargoha district.
According to sources, the TTP, commonly known as the “Pakistani Taliban,” claimed responsibility for his death.
After shooting down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet in a generation-old MiG 21 during an aerial battle on February 27, Group Captain Varthaman, who was a Wing Commander at the time, became a national hero.
Unfortunately, his plane was hit during the duel as he flew across areas of Kashmir that Pakistan had illegally captured. The valiant jet pilot was forced to eject over enemy territory.
After being taken prisoner by the Pakistani Army, he was held captive for almost sixty hours. India and the international world put a lot of pressure on Pakistan, which ultimately forced him to release him.
He was given the Vir Chakra and promoted to Group Captain in November 2021. India responded to the Pulwama terror assault, in which a suicide bomber in a Maruti Suzuki Eeco van attacked a security forces convoy, with the Balakot airstrikes.
That attack claimed the lives of forty soldiers. The attacker, who was eventually identified as Adil Ahmad Dir, had received training from the outlawed Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist organisation, which is based in Pakistan. In order to target JeM training sites, India launched retaliatory airstrikes in which a dozen Mirage planes streaked 20 kilometres beyond the Line of Control and into Pakistani territory. Less than 20 minutes passed during the entire procedure.
Spice 2000 ‘glide bombs’ were used, according to NDTV, and they struck five different buildings along a ridge-line west of Bisian in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
