GUWAHATI: MEA Raveesh Kumar briefed the media on escalating Indo-Pak tension today at 3:15 PM.
He confirmed that the one MiG 21 of the Indian Air Force was lost and the pilot is missing in action. "Pakistan claims he is in their custody but we are ascertaining the facts," he added.
Earlier today, India shot down a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) F-16 that had come close to the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector of Jammu and Kashmir. The aircraft fell 3 kilometres inside Pakistani-administered Kashmir.
As the PAF jets approached the LoC, the Indian Air Force immediately retaliated and fired. This forced the F-16s to return but not before one took the hit and went down.
