Pigeon suspected of espionage released after 8 months of incarceration in India. The bird was intercepted in May, carrying a message written in Chinese but illegible.
The police had opened a procedure for espionage against the bird, but closed the file at the end of their investigation. In 2016, one of them was imprisoned after being intercepted near the Pakistani border,. carrying a threatening message against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The pigeon was released on January 30 by the police, this source said. AFP was unable to obtain official confirmation.