AIR CHIEF FLIES A MIRAGE AS FORCE MARKS 2 YEARS OF BALAKOT MISSION

NEW DELHI: Indian Air Force chief Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria on Saturday flew in a multi-aircraft formation from a premier air base in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior to mark the second anniversary of the Balakot operations — India’s unprecedented, peacetime cross-border strikes on the back of the February 2019 Pulwama terror attack, people familiar with the developments said.

Bhadauria flew a Mirage 2000, the aircraft used for bombing JEM targets in Pakistan’s Balakot in February 2019, said one of the officials. “The IAF chief flew with pilots from the squadrons that were part of the operations,” he said. The five-aircraft formation consisted of Mirage 2000s and Sukhoi-30 jets.

Mumbai Police have spotted on CCTV surveillance the Innova car used by two suspects to escape after parking a vehicle laden with explosives near the residence of Reliance Industries’s chairman Mukesh Ambani. Police officials in the crime branch said the car was last seen on the Bhiwandi-nashik highway. The police are now scouring nearby villages for clues and more details. On February 25, a Scorpio car was found 600 metres away from the Ambani residence.