Mysuru: Air Marshal (retd) KC Cariappa, son of Field Marshal KM Cariappa, the first commander-in-chief of the Indian Army, has expressed joy at Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s announcement that Pakistan would release wing commander Abhinandan Varthaman on Friday.
Recalling the four months he spent as a prisoner of conflict all the way through the Indo-Pakistan conflict of 1965, Cariappa on Thursday recalled the fear of the unknown that occupied each and every waking hour after his aircraft was once shot down and Pakistani troops captured him.
“As a prisoner of conflict, I had no get right of entry to to knowledge,” he said. “We had no outdoor information, no updates about the conflict — whether it was once still underway or had come to an end, I had no clue.”
“I used to be flying at high speed when I used to be shot down at the remaining day of the conflict. I ejected at low top and landed immediately amidst Pakistani army personnel,” he said. “I used to be in solitary confinement for few weeks in a conflict camp. The second I used to be put with different prisoners — six others from the IAF and 51 from Indian Army — my morale progressed. The conflict was once underway and both the international locations have been signatories to the Geneva Convention. There was once a hope that we'd be repatriated however have been unaware when that will be.”
“I don’t think any of the 58 prisoners have been badly treated by means of the Pakistani army,” said Cariappa, who was once in his overdue 20s at the time. “We have been interrogated for info however we were not tortured. It was once up to every prisoner to decide how company and powerful he had to stay all the way through the wondering.”
“I felt saddened for Abhinandan’s family and his colleagues when learnt that he have been captured,” he said.
‘Thank God there was once no social media’
“Thank God there was once no social media in our time,” Cariappa said. “Social media may also be destructive and defeating for the morale of members of the family of conflict prisoners.”
“It is saddening to look netizens importing photos of wing commander Abhinandan being overwhelmed up and blood oozing from his face,” he said. “Imagine how his family and parents must have felt and their pain.”
”Social media is insensitive to the location. There is too much talk however little knowledge. It is filled with rumours and gossip. Abhinandan himself refused to show non-public main points to queries by means of Pakistani army personnel, however netizens disclosed his identification and his family’s deal with. People should have some sense of responsibility.”
Recalling the four months he spent as a prisoner of conflict all the way through the Indo-Pakistan conflict of 1965, Cariappa on Thursday recalled the fear of the unknown that occupied each and every waking hour after his aircraft was once shot down and Pakistani troops captured him.
“As a prisoner of conflict, I had no get right of entry to to knowledge,” he said. “We had no outdoor information, no updates about the conflict — whether it was once still underway or had come to an end, I had no clue.”
“I used to be flying at high speed when I used to be shot down at the remaining day of the conflict. I ejected at low top and landed immediately amidst Pakistani army personnel,” he said. “I used to be in solitary confinement for few weeks in a conflict camp. The second I used to be put with different prisoners — six others from the IAF and 51 from Indian Army — my morale progressed. The conflict was once underway and both the international locations have been signatories to the Geneva Convention. There was once a hope that we'd be repatriated however have been unaware when that will be.”
“I don’t think any of the 58 prisoners have been badly treated by means of the Pakistani army,” said Cariappa, who was once in his overdue 20s at the time. “We have been interrogated for info however we were not tortured. It was once up to every prisoner to decide how company and powerful he had to stay all the way through the wondering.”
“I felt saddened for Abhinandan’s family and his colleagues when learnt that he have been captured,” he said.
‘Thank God there was once no social media’
“Thank God there was once no social media in our time,” Cariappa said. “Social media may also be destructive and defeating for the morale of members of the family of conflict prisoners.”
“It is saddening to look netizens importing photos of wing commander Abhinandan being overwhelmed up and blood oozing from his face,” he said. “Imagine how his family and parents must have felt and their pain.”
”Social media is insensitive to the location. There is too much talk however little knowledge. It is filled with rumours and gossip. Abhinandan himself refused to show non-public main points to queries by means of Pakistani army personnel, however netizens disclosed his identification and his family’s deal with. People should have some sense of responsibility.”
Air Marshal Cariappa, Pak POW in1965, cheers release of Abhinandan
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