The Pakistani military has said his plane was downed on the Pakistani-held side of Kashmir on Wednesday. It wasn’t clear when he recorded this statement, but it was clearly while he was in the custody of the Pakistan military. Islamabad closed its air space on Wednesday after saying that Pakistan’s military shot down two Indian warplanes and captured the Indian pilot. Residents of the Pakistani border town of Chikhoti reported heavy shelling overnight and Friday morning. Kashmir has been divided but claimed in its entirety by both India and Pakistan since almost immediately after the two countries’ creation in 1947.

Source: Huffington Post March 01, 2019 16:30 UTC