From Jal Khambata

NEW DELHI: Flight Lieutenant K Nachiketa, who flew back to Delhi
Friday night, was physically and mentally tortured during his
captivity in Pakistan, though the Indian Air Force (IAF) would
not describe it as "torture" since it is part of the routine
interrogation of anybody captured from the enemy's side.

All that the IAF spokesman said about the treatment meted out to
him after he was captured on baling out from his failed MiG jet
fighter was that he was subjected to "physical and mental
measures" during intense interrogations in Pakistan, but there
were no apparent injuries on his body.

The spokesman, who disclosed the medical checkup which Nachiketa
underwent on Saturday at the regular media briefing, declined to
say anything except that "physical and mental measures" were
used when repeatedly asked if he were tortured.

He said Nachiketa withstood the interrogations and he can only
say that "no injuries were apparent at this stage." Nachiketa
would undergo "routine checking" and then return to his duties,
the spokesman added. END.
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