{"id":55470,"date":"2024-02-02T14:30:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-02T14:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/india-releases-pigeon-accused-of-spying-for-china-after-8-months\/"},"modified":"2024-02-02T14:30:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-02T14:30:47","slug":"india-releases-pigeon-accused-of-spying-for-china-after-8-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/india-releases-pigeon-accused-of-spying-for-china-after-8-months\/","title":{"rendered":"India releases pigeon accused of spying for China after 8 months"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A pigeon that spent eight months in Indian police custody has been released after it was finally cleared of being a suspected Chinese spy.<\/p>\n

The bird was caught at a port in the financial capital Mumbai with \u201cmessages written in a Chinese-like script\u201d on its wings, the Times of India<\/em> newspaper reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cInitially, the police had registered a case of spying against the bird, but after completing their inquiry, they dropped the charge,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n

The unnamed bird was held under lock and key at a city hospital while police carried out an investigation.<\/p>\n

That probe took an \u201castonishing eight months\u201d, the India office of the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n

PETA India said police had granted \u201cformal permission for the hospital to release the pigeon\u201d on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Local media reports said the bird fluttered away in good health.<\/p>\n

The pigeon is the latest of several detained by Indian authorities on suspicion of espionage.<\/p>\n

Border security officers took a pigeon into custody<\/a> in 2016 after it was found carrying a threatening message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi close to India\u2019s border with arch-rival Pakistan.<\/p>\n

Another pigeon was held<\/a> under armed guard in 2010 after it was found in the same region with a ring around its foot and a Pakistani phone number and address stamped on its body in red ink.<\/p>\n

Officials, in that case, directed that no one should be allowed to visit the pigeon, which police said may have been on a \u201cspecial mission of spying\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A pigeon that spent eight months in Indian police custody has been released after it was finally cleared of being a suspected Chinese spy. The bird was caught at a port in the financial capital Mumbai with \u201cmessages written in a Chinese-like script\u201d on its wings, the Times of India newspaper reported. \u201cInitially, the police […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2024\/02\/02182203b19d012.jpg?r=182214","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t