Youtube removes videos of IAF pilot Abhinandan after IT ministry directive

The IT Ministry has directed online video streaming site, YouTube to remove as many as 11 videos related to the capture of Indian Air Force (IAF) Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was captured by Pakistani forces on Wednesday early morning.

Sources said that the ministry of home affairs (MHA) had directed MeitY to ask YouTube to remove the videos depicting capture of Varthaman as well as videos showing the debris of the crashed Mig 21 fighter jet, which was being flown by him.
Varthaman was in captured by Pakistani forces after his fighter jet went down during a mission amid the face-off between India and Pakistan.