Abhinandan VarthamanVrC (mai neman ranar 21 Yuni 1983) wanda shi ne jirgin sama naIndian Air Force mai shekara da suka kafa a daga cikinfayiloli fada a jirgin saman da ya fara bayyana a cikintsahon fada mai tsawo bayan fayiloli fada na tsakiyar jirgin sama naPakistan Air Force (PAF) a fayilolintsahon fada aJammu da Kashmir. An aika masaVir Chakra a matsayin miji na rahoto na gabas da gwamnati ta Indiya.[1]
Abhinandan Varthaman a fagen daga
Pakistan ta nuna bidiyo da hotojin da suka nuna Abhinandan Varthaman yana da dukiyoyin daga wurin jama'ar mai tsawo da su, yana samun taimakon farko, da kuma tambayoyin da aka yi masa yayin da ya yankan wasu, amma yana yankin. Abhinandan cikin da muke cewa Pakistan ta ce ta amincewar jama'a, ya rike Indiya a ranar 1 Maris 2019.
Abhinandan Varthaman ya rasu a ranar 21 ga watan Yuni 1983 a jami'anTamil Jain.[2][3] Gida ta Varthaman na dagaThirupanamoor, wuri ne da ke kusa da 19 km (12 miles) dagaKanchipuram.[4] Babansa, Simhakutty Varthaman, ya kasance ne Air Marshal (IAF), matarsa Tanvi Marwaha ta kasance kuma wani Squadron Leader (IAF) da ta tattara maka.[5][6]
Varthaman ya ci gaba da karatu aSainik School, Amaravathinagar.[5] Ya kammala DagaNational Defence Academy da aka karanta shi don ya fito da karatu a cikin tallafawa matakai (farare da ya kasance daflying officer) a ranar 19 ga watan Yuni 2004.[7] Ya kammala tallafin a cikin garuruwan IAF aBathinda daHalwara, ya samu tafsirawa taflight lieutenant a ranar 19 ga watan Yuni 2006,[8] kuma ya samu tafsirawa tasquadron leader a ranar 8 ga watan Yuli 2010.[9] Varthaman ya kasance da jirgin sama mai na Su-30MKI kafin ya canza ga garin MiG-21 Bison.[10] Ya samu karshen tallafi a kanwing commander a ranar 19 ga watan Yuni 2017[11] kuma ya canza mai tsawo a kangroup captain a watan Nuwamba 2021.
Varthaman ya yi aure kuma yana rayuwa a Chennai. Shi da matarsa suna da yara biyu.[10][12]
A ranar 27 Fabrairu 2019, Varthaman ya yi matukar bincike daMiG-21 a matsayin jami'insortie da aka yi dashi don samunairstrikes a Jammu da Kashmir taPakistan Air Force. Ya kasa magancewar harsashin da aka ba shi da shirin IAF da kuma ya bar gidan kasa na Pakistani a yankin da ta daga sama ta murnar yankin da ya shigar karon fada a cikin irin dogfite da aka fara, a matsayin cewa jiragen shi ya ajiye da misil. Varthaman ya buga shi da lantarki kuma ya dawo a cikin kauyen Horran aAzad Kashmir da kasa Pakistani, m daga baya 7 km (4.3 miles) dagaLine of Control.[13][14]
Mutanen kauyen suka ce Varthaman zai iya bayyana cewa shi ne jami'in Indian da aka bayyana shi a cikin fenti na tufafin Indian a cikinparachute.[13] Bayan da ya dawo, Varthaman ya tambaya mutane idan shi ne a India ko Pakistan, cewa abu na fasa, wanda yaro ya ja cewa "India".[13] An kuma ce Varthaman ya yi nura "Bharat Mata ki Jay", wanda mutane suka tambaye shi da "Pakistan Zindabad". Bayan nan, ya fara zubar da kiran fata. Mutanen suka dauki da Varthaman kuma suka hantawa shi har ya duba daPakistan Army.[15][14]
A baya,Indian Ministry of External Affairs ya tabbatar da cewa jami'in Indian yamissing in action bayan da MiG-21 Bison fighter aircraft ya kama a matsayin iyakar da yankin tare da jiragen Pakistani jets.[16][13][17] Kwararren da aka bayyana ta IAF ta ce a matsayin wanda ya daga kasa, Varthaman ya tattara PAFLockheed Martin F-16.[18][19][20] A wani yadda, a ranar 2 Maris 2019, karfe biyar da suka gabata bayan tattaunawa daga PAF da IAF, IAF ta nuna masu rukuninAIM-120 AMRAAM, da za a iya amfani da su kawai da PAF F-16.[21][22]Shah Mehmood Qureshi, theForeign Minister of Pakistan, said his government announced the release of the IAF Wing Commander out of a desire for peace and that there was no compulsion or pressure on Pakistan, as was implied by the Indian media.[23] However,The New York Times reported that several outside countries including United States and China had been urging Pakistan to release the Indian pilot to de-escalate the crisis.[15]
Later in October 2020, an opposition leader,Ayaz Sadiq had claimed in theNational Assembly of Pakistan that Varthaman was released after Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told a meeting of Pakistan's top leaders that India would attack Pakistan if Varthaman weren't released. Ayaz Sadiq faced flak from the Pakistani government and the public for making such statements.[24][25][26]
Varthaman crossed theIndia–Pakistan border atWagah on 1 March 2019.[27][28][29][30][31][32][33] At a rally, the Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi welcomed Varthaman's release, saying the nation was proud of him.[34] A demeaning video of Varthaman was released by the PAF to the Pakistani media hours before his release. IAF later said it had been filmed while Varthaman was under duress.[35][36]