Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday visited Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman at an armed forces medical facility and enquired about his health. Abhinandan, who returned home on Friday, is undergoing a medical check-up at the hospital as his body had undergone stress due to ejection from his MiG-21 jet.

As part of this, he will be kept under medical observation, given counselling and debriefed by the air force. According to sources, he told the top brass of Indian Air Force that he was subjected to mental harassment, though he was not physically tortured by Pakistan authorities.