ISLAMABAD (DNA) – Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General (DG) Major General Asif Ghafoor has on Wednesday confirmed that one Indian pilot has been arrested by Pakistani troops on ground while two are in the area.

In a tweet, Major General Asif Ghafoor said, “In response to PAF strikes this morning as released by MoFA, IAF crossed LOC. PAF shot down two Indian aircrafts inside Pakistani airspace. One of the aircraft fell inside AJ&K while other fell inside IOK. One Indian pilot arrested by troops on ground while two in the area.”

Pakistan Air Force (PAF) destroyed two Indian fighter jets on Wednesday morning in a response to Indian Line of Control (LoC) violation.

The wreckage of one aircraft fell in Central Kashmir’s Budgam while the other’s in Pakistan territory. Two of the pilots have been killed in the incident.