Islamabad: After the Border Security Force (BSF) claimed they had captured “Pakistani spy pigeon”, a Pakistani villager refuted the allegation, saying he is the owner of the pigeon.
According to Pakistani newspaper Dawn, Habibullah, a resident of Bagga-Shakargarh village, situated along the Sialkot Working Boundary, said he was the owner of this pigeon recently “arrested” by India.
He said the second pigeon of the pair was with him. “Yes, this is my pet pigeon as it can never be a spy or a terrorist,” he was quoted as saying by Dawn.
On Monday, news outlets reported that a pigeon “with a prominent pink patch and a tag on its leg” was logged at a police station as a “suspected Pakistani spy”. The reports said the pigeon was suspected of being part of an “espionage attempt from Pakistan” and that an investigation has been launched into the matter.
According to the newspaper, police records showed the pigeon flew into the house of a woman in the Chadwal area, who caught it and handed it over to the BSF. The latter then handed it over to police for further investigation.
It quoted the woman as saying the pigeon had a ring around its foot that had numbers inscribed on it.
However, Habibullah said he had a passion for pigeons and owned a dozen. He said that on Eid he flew several pigeons to celebrate the occasion in his village.
