Life As A Prisoner
After being captured behind Pakistani lines after his MiG-27 crashed in a bombing run in 1999, Flt Lt Nachiketa remained in custody of Pakistani forces for eight days. Nachiketa was first taken to an undisclosed place in the Batalik Sector. After a two-hour wait, he was taken by helicopter to Skardu. After his return Nachiketa was not willing to disclose his experience while he was in captivity.
According to him, the experience was "difficult to be described in words" and felt that "death would have been a better solution". He still suffers from back pain due to his injury during the para-landing and physical hardship.
He was interrogated by the Director of Operations of Pakistan Air Force, Kaiser Tufail. This interrogation was termed as "very civil" by Kaiser who said it was a casual talk between two officers rather than the captor and a POW with a discussion about common issues in the two rival air forces. He expressed his mandate being to maintain the cordiality of a crew room and that he was detailed to inquire the circumstances of the ejection and the mission.
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