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10-03-2016, 01:20 PM
NEW DELHI: Indian police said Monday they have taken a pigeon into custody after it was found carrying a warning **te to Prime Minister Narendra Modi near the nation´s heavily militarised border with Pakistan.
Border Security Force (BSF) ******rs found the bird at Pathankot in the **rthern state of Punjab, where Pakistan-based militants launched a deadly attack on an airforce base in January.
"We took it into custody last evening," Pathankot police inspector Rakesh Kumar told AFP by telephone.
"The BSF found it with a **te in Urdu saying something like ´Modi, we´re **t the same people from 1971. **w each and every child is ready to fight against India´," Kumar said.
The neigbours fought their third and last full-blown war in 1971.
The **te was apparently signed by the Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) "so we are investigating the matter very seriously", Kumar said.
It is **t the first time birds have become embroiled in the often deadly decades-old rivalry between the two nuclear-armed nations.
But it comes as tensions escalate over a raid on an Indian army base in held Kashmir two weeks ago that New Delhi blamed on the same militant group held responsible for the attacks in January.
Last week, India´s military hit militants across the de-facto border dividing disputed Kashmir, in a rare move that sparked fury from Islamabad.
Two balloons were also recently found in Punjab with similar messages addressed to Modi in Urdu.
Last year, Indian police seized a pigeon on suspicion it was being used for espionage by Pakistan and also X-rayed it to check for any spy camera, transmitter or hidden chip.
In 2013, Indian security forces found a dead falcon fitted with a small camera, and in 2010 a**ther pigeon was detained over spying fears.
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Border Security Force (BSF) ******rs found the bird at Pathankot in the **rthern state of Punjab, where Pakistan-based militants launched a deadly attack on an airforce base in January.
"We took it into custody last evening," Pathankot police inspector Rakesh Kumar told AFP by telephone.
"The BSF found it with a **te in Urdu saying something like ´Modi, we´re **t the same people from 1971. **w each and every child is ready to fight against India´," Kumar said.
The neigbours fought their third and last full-blown war in 1971.
The **te was apparently signed by the Pakistan-based group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) "so we are investigating the matter very seriously", Kumar said.
It is **t the first time birds have become embroiled in the often deadly decades-old rivalry between the two nuclear-armed nations.
But it comes as tensions escalate over a raid on an Indian army base in held Kashmir two weeks ago that New Delhi blamed on the same militant group held responsible for the attacks in January.
Last week, India´s military hit militants across the de-facto border dividing disputed Kashmir, in a rare move that sparked fury from Islamabad.
Two balloons were also recently found in Punjab with similar messages addressed to Modi in Urdu.
Last year, Indian police seized a pigeon on suspicion it was being used for espionage by Pakistan and also X-rayed it to check for any spy camera, transmitter or hidden chip.
In 2013, Indian security forces found a dead falcon fitted with a small camera, and in 2010 a**ther pigeon was detained over spying fears.
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