SRINAGAR, (PTK): One Indian Air Force pilot is missing in action, the government said this afternoon, a short while after Pakistan claimed to have two Indian pilots in its custody.
At a briefing in New Delhi, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said an Indian Air Force MiG-21 Bison was “lost” this morning while thwarting Pakistani fighter jets that had entered Indian airspace.
The pilot of that MiG-21 is “missing in action”, Raveesh Kumar said. Indian Air Force Air Vice Marshal RGK Kapoor was present at the briefing.
Kumar also confirmed earlier reports that a Pakistani fighter jet was shot down by Indian fighters.
Earlier, Major General Asif Gafoor, the spokesperson for the Pakistani military, held a press conference claiming that Pakistani fighter jets had carried out “strikes” in Jammu and Kashmir.
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