Police in India have launched a pigeon that was held for eight months on suspicion of spying for China, Sky Information reported.
Police suspect the pigeon, which was seized close to the Mumbai port in Might final yr, was concerned in espionage because it had two rings on its toes with writing that “seemed Chinese language”.
Police launched the pigeon this week and launched it again into the wild, Indian media reported.
The pigeon spent eight months in captivity at an animal hospital in Mumbai earlier than it was discovered that the hen had flown to India from Taiwan.
Pigeons have been used for spying all through historical past, and British forces in World Battle I and World Battle II used these birds to hold messages.
Police in India have detained pigeons earlier than.
In 2020, a Pakistani fisherman’s pigeon was caught in Kashmir, and investigation revealed that the hen was not supposed for espionage, however merely flew throughout the border between the 2 international locations.
In 2016, Indian police detained one other pigeon after it was allegedly discovered with a notice threatening Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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