Indian police cleared a suspected Chinese spy pigeon and released it into the wild on 1 February after eight months in detention, reports Hindustan Times.
The bird was caught at a chemical jetty in Mumbai on May 17 last year, with two rings – one copper and one aluminum – tied to its leg and messages written in a Chinese-like script on the underside of both its wings. While the rings were taken for forensic testing, the pigeon was sent to the hospital for a check-up. Since then, the pigeon had been in the custody of Bai Sakarbai Dinshaw Petit Hospital for Animals in Parel for the last eight months.
The police station recently sent a letter to the hospital, stating, “The bird was sent for medicinal and safe-keeping purposes. The inquiry is complete. If the bird is medically stable, the police station has no objection to its release.”
