Response from Pakistan Spy Pigeon Arrest in India 2015Response from Pakistan Spy Pigeon Arrest in India 2015 <br /> <br />The news of a pigeon detained in India on suspicion of being used to spy for Pakistan was met with amusement on both sides of the border - and encouraged Pakistanis to share memes and jokes making fun of their neighbours. <br />It all started when a 14-year-old boy in an Indian village close to the border with Pakistan found a white pigeon with a message written partly in Urdu, the language widely used in Pakistan, and some numbers in on its feathers. The bird was taken to police who ordered the bird to be X-rayed. Nothing suspicious turned up, but the pigeon was registered in police logs as a "suspected spy" according to reports. <br />The area where the bird was found is close to Kashmir, claimed by both India and Pakistan and the scene of cross-border military confrontation. <br />"This is a rare instance of a bird from Pakistan being spotted here. We have caught a few spies here. The area is sensitive, given its proximity to Jammu, where infiltration is quite common," local police superintendent Rakesh Kaushal told the Times of India. <br />India and Pakistan frequently accuse each other of spying. This week, the Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed concern over the actions of foreign intelligence agencies in Pakistan - which many saw as an allusion to India. But the official detention of a bird led to amusement and sarcasm on both sides of the border. <br />In Pakistan, pictures were created to mock the Indian authorities and portray the humble pigeon as a suave modern-day spy.
