https://www.pratidintime.com/iaf-receives-abhinandan-in-wagah/
A special plane will fly Abhinandan from Amritsar to Delhi: Sources
IAF pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was captured by Pakistan after an aerial combat, arrived in India via the Wagah border on Friday evening. He was received by a team of of Indian Air Force.
Addressing a public meeting in Kanyakumari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that "every Indian is proud that the brave Wing Commander Abhinandan is from Tamil Nadu."
IAF is expected to brief media shortly at the Attari border
#BREAKING | Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman is back home in India, he is going through Indian Customs.#Abhinandan #AttariWagah #BSF #IAF #AbhinandanVarthaman #WelcomeHomeAbhinandan #WelcomeBackAbhinandan #AbhinandanMyHero
— Pratidin Time (@pratidintime) March 1, 2019
#BREAKING | Formalities completed on Pakistan-side of border.#Abhinandan #AttariWagah #BSF #IAF #AbhinandanVarthaman #WelcomeHomeAbhinandan #WelcomeBackAbhinandan #AbhinandanMyHero https://t.co/2bmeOR5Zcy
— Pratidin Time (@pratidintime) March 1, 2019
#BREAKING | IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan reaches Attari-Wagah border VIP Lounge.#Abhinandan #AttariWagah #BSF #IAF #AbhinandanVarthaman #WelcomeHomeAbhinandan #WelcomeBackAbhinandan #AbhinandanMyHero
PIC: ANI pic.twitter.com/cuRvkgZ5Xu
— Pratidin Time (@pratidintime) March 1, 2019
The daily Retreat ceremony held at the Attari-Wagah border front along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab has been "cancelled" for Friday, the BSF said. A senior official of the force said the martial ceremony has been called off due to administrative requirements in the wake of IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman's release post noon at this frontier.
With India enthusiastically awaiting the return of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, hundreds of people have gathered at the Attari border on Friday to catch a glimpse of the pilot after his release from Pakistan.