An Indian Air Force aircraft crashed in the disputed area of Kashmir on Wednesday, February 27, a police official said, amid heightened tensions with neighbouring Pakistan.
The Air Force Pilot has been declared missing in action, the Russian made Mi-17 helicopter crashed near
India on Tuesday said it had launched an air strike inside Pakistan and that its warplanes killed “a very large number” of fighters at a militant training camp, raising the risk of conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours.
Pakistan denied there had been casualties, but has warned that it will respond to Indian aggression. Six Air force officers and a civilian have been found dead at the location.
Tensions have been elevated since a suicide car bombing by Pakistan-based militants in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police on Feb. 14, but the risk of conflict rose dramatically after India’s air strike on Tuesday.
