The Times of India earlier reported that the pilot of a downed Indian jet had been recorded heaping praise on the Pakistani military's professionalism under duress.
Anger erupted in India on Saturday after a video surfaced showing an Indian pilot of a downed airplane hailing the professionalism of the Pakistani military and slamming the Indian media for propelling “war hysteria”, as tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi took a new turn, AFP reported.
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Media reports suggest that Air Force Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was force to make the video before the Pakistani side agreed to release him from captivity. The footage has also been cited as a reason for the delay of his return to India.
Days after the video was unearthed, The Times of India cited the Indian Air Force as saying that the video of Abhinandan praising the Pakistani military for treating him well was heavily edited.
The footage featured many jump cuts that allegedly were made to tailor the captive's statement to Pakistan's agenda, the media claimed.
Indian journalists and social media users appeared to share the same stance:
Omar Abdullah, a former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, took to Twitter to comment on the incident, and the video, which he also believes, was filmed under duress:
In the meantime, Pakistani media outlets have praised the government for liberating the…
