Abhinandan returns home after long, anxious wait

Hoping to give a hero's welcome to Wing Commander Varthaman, thousands of Indians gathered on the border carrying the tricolour and garlands since morning. But as the day wore on and night fell there was no sign of the pilot, who was captured on February 27 by Pakistan following a dogfight between the two air forces in which his MiG-21 was shot down.

from Times of India https://ift.tt/2IJQctJ