India, Feb 27: In an aerial dog fight, an Indian Air Force Mig-21 Bison jet today shot down Pakistani F-16 jet at Lam valley in J&K for violating Indian air space.
However, an Indian pilot flying Mig-21 is missing, the Indian foreign secretary said.
The foreign secretary said India had to repulse the PAF fighter aircraft as it violated the Indian airspace and had plans to attack Indian military assets.
The Indian ground
forces have seen the Pakistani pilot
ejecting and a search operation has been
carried out to find him, he said.
The Pakistan Air
Force has claimed that the pilot is in their
custody, he added.
Following this
development, Pakistan has sealed their airspace by suspending all domestic and
international flights in Lahore, Multan, Sialkot, Islamabad and other important
cities, according to sources.
Pakistan also shut down all universities in PoK, sources added
Pakistan also shut down all universities in PoK, sources added
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