India frees a pigeon that was detained for 8 months because it believed it was a Chinese spy. In reality, it was found that he was participating in a race.
India apparently has a fixation on spy pigeons. In 2020, they made another mistake by capturing a pigeon in the Kashmir region that they later discovered belonged to a Pakistani fisherman. The 2016 case has more merit, since the pigeon intercepted on the border with Pakistan did carry a threatening message towards the country's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.