Pigeon ’ARRESTED and jailed’ in India by police who believe bird is Pakistani spy

Pigeon ’ARRESTED and jailed’ in India by police who believe bird is Pakistani spy

Mangalore Today News Network

May 30, 2015: Police in India have "arrested" a pigeon on suspicion of being a Pakistani spy after it was caught carrying a message and a "wire-like device".

Coup: The pigeon was nabbed on suspicion of being a Pakistani spy

The feathered intruder was nabbed by officers - who presumably suspected a coup - after it was spotted close to the Pakistani border with the markings of an address and phone number.

The "stamped message" left investigators in a flap after it emerged the note was written in Urdu - the national language of Pakistan - and the phone number was Pakistani.

A 14-year-old boy carried the pigeon to a police station after finding it in the village of Manwal, around 4km from the border, on Wednesday.

The cross-border agent was x-rayed but police said no further messages were found.

Pathankot’s senior superintendent of police Rakesh Kaushal told the Times of India: "Nothing adverse has been found, but we have kept the bird in our custody.

"This is a rare instance of a bird from Pakistan being spotted here. We have caught a few spies here. The area is sensitive, given its proximity to Jammu, where infiltration is quite common."

The "twitchy" prisoner has since been kept under armed guard , according to India.com, which also claims the pigeon is in fact a Pakistani dove.

The flutter of activity comes after the country’s Intelligence Bureau reportedly put out an alert to Punjab Police to be on the lookout for Indian Mujahideen - Pakistani terrorists - in the Jammu and Pathankot areas.

 

Courtesy: London Mirror