It comes after days of rising tensions and conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
The pilot, named in Indian media as Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, was paraded by the Pakistani military before media after his jet was shot down following days of conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
Pakistan's information ministry then shared and deleted a video showing the man wearing a blindfold and asking for water.Indian opposition activists in Kolkata demand the release of the captured pilot. In a statement, the Indian government said it “strongly objected to Pakistan’s vulgar display of an injured personnel of the Indian air force in violation of all norms of international humanitarian law."
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