Wing Commander Abhinandans Family Receive Him Wagah Border thenewsminute.com

Hours after Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan informed the country's National Assembly that Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthaman would be released on Friday, the Wing Commander's family flew out from Chennai to New Delhi. Wing Commander Abhinandan's father retired Air Marshal Varthaman and his mother with three other family members flew from Chennai to Delhi on Thursday night. Early on Friday morning, the family left from New Delhi to Amritsar and will be present along with Indian armed forces to meet the Wing Commander at Wagah Border. The family that had requested privacy, did not speak to the media while on their way to the Chennai airport. Official sources told IANS that the Border Security Force (BSF) had not been communicated the exact time and sequence regarding the release of the captured IAF pilot as of late on Thursday evening.