Amritsar: While the entire Indian nation is in extreme grip of COVID pademic and other countries using all their resources to rescue the general public from the menace of Coronavirus. Indian Security Forces appear to be spending their all energy on monitoring pigeons.
In the latest bizarre claim by India to enter the “spy pigeon” chronicles, the country’s border security force reported capturing a bird this week that flew over from Pakistan into Indian territory. According to reports, the pigeon flew over the border from Pakistan’s Wahga area into India’s Rohranwala, which is 500 metres inside Indian territory, on April 17.
The Indian Border Security Force (BSF) initially
wrote to the Indian Punjab Police demanding that a First Information Report (FIR) be registered against the pigeon.
However, the BSF said that the bit about the FIR was written “in error” as there is no law in India under which a case can be registered against a pigeon. Interestingly, the pigeon flew over and sat right on the shoulder of Indian constable Neeraj Kumar. Kumar caught him and inspected him, upon which he found a white paper tied to its leg. The paper contained a mobile phone number.
The pigeon has since then reportedly fallen ill. It was taken to a doctor in Amritsar and scanned but nothing was found. Indian forces routinely report capturing “spy” pigeons that fly over from Pakistani territory. In one such incident, the wings of one pigeon were clipped to prevent it from flying back. Indian police claim that this pigeon, however, will “soon” be released and allow to fly back to Pakistan.
In March this year, to add to the list, a green and white balloon with the letters PIA (akin to the national carrier Pakistan International Airlines) was also discovered inside India-occupied Kashmir. The balloon was immediately “taken into custody by police” and investigated.–Agencies
