Daijiworld Media Network - New Delhi
New Delhi, Mar 1: Scores of people gathered at the Attari Joint Check Post to welcome the IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman. The pilot is likely to be released in the evening today. Scores of people have started arriving in Attari since early morning.
People are enthusiastic and say that they have come here to welcome the real hero Abhinandan Varthaman. They say that the Wing Commander showed a lot of bravery and is the real hero. Some of the people gathered said that they see many celebrities coming to the Attari border but on this occasion a real hero is coming.
The parents of the fighter pilot Retired Air Marshal S Varthaman and mother Shobha Varthaman were greeted with loud cheers when they boarded a flight to Delhi last evening. The parents of the brave hero will be in Attari to welcome their son.
The brave pilot was captured on Wednesday morning when his MIG-21 Bison fighter was hit by the Pakistan jets near the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir.