We rarely think of pigeons, unless they fly too close to us. However, the news that a pigeon was arrested in India on suspicion of being a Pakistani spy stunned absolutely everyone and reverberated around the world like no other news.
Namely, how it transmits Uniland, a pigeon flew into a house near the India-Pakistan border with a 'mysterious' code on its leg.
According to local media, residents of Manyari village in Hiranagar area caught the pigeon and informed the authorities about it. The pigeon suspected of espionage was first noticed by Geeta Devi, into whose house it flew wearing a ring on its leg with numbers written on it.
"We don't know where it came from. Local residents caught a pigeon in the immediate vicinity of our border. We found a ring on its leg with certain numbers written on it. The investigation is ongoing," said police superintendent of the local police station Shailendra Mishra.
Pakistan, as might be expected, denied the allegations of a flying spy. Moreover, Pakistani Habibullah who lives in the village of Bagga-Shakargarh claims that the pigeon is his and that the mysterious code is actually his number.
He made a public plea to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to return the pigeon, which he characterized as 'innocent' and 'a symbol of peace, love and tolerance'.
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