“The mindless act amounts to
cruelty to animals. It also shows how stupid as a nation we are becoming,” an
animal rights activist said
Almost two weeks after arresting
a ‘spy’ pigeon that allegedly flew over from Pakistan, Indian forces have clipped
the bird’s wings so that it cannot fly back to Pakistan, the Telegraph reported.
“The wings of the pigeon have
been clipped to ensure the suspected spy does not fly back to Pakistan,” a
senior Punjab police official told Calcutta-based newspaper. “We have
sent a preliminary report to the union home ministry, including an X-ray report
of the bird which did not reveal anything suspicious.”
The pigeon was taken into custody
on October 2, after it landed in the Border Security Force’s Simbal post
in Pathankot’s Bamial sector with a note addressed to Prime Minister Narendra
Modi tied to its leg. According to what police sources have told reporters, the
note read “Modiji, we are not the same as we were in 1971 –
Jaish-e-Mohammad”, in Urdu.
The pigeon is now at an animal
husbandry hospital, being fed and kept in a cage, the Telegraph reported.
“We don’t know how long the pigeon
will stay in the police station. Residents are flocking to the police station
to see the intruder,” an officer told the newspaper. Forces are unsure of ‘how
the pigeon crossed the border’.
“The only thing we know for sure
is that it was a female pigeon and not a male one as assumed earlier,” another
official said.
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