Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthman in a hospital on Saturday, 2 March. .
Earlier, Abhinandan had met with IAF Chief BS Dhanoa and explained his detention in Pakistan, reported ANI, quoting officials. The IAF pilot will be put up at the Air Force Mess, the report added.
Abhinandan, who was handed over to India by Pakistan on 1 March, is expected to be debriefed and will undergo physiological as well as a pschycological check-up on Saturday, 2 March.
Abhinandan landed in Delhi late on Friday night, hours after he was handed over to Indian authorities at the Attari-Wagah border near Amritsar.
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