Watch: BSF seizes pigeon with threat letter in Urdu at Simbal post

AMRITSAR: A day after landing of Pakistani balloons with malicious messages in the border villages of Punjab, the Border Security Force ( BSF ) on Sunday spotted a grey colored Pakistani pigeon purportedly sent towards India to vent out a common frustration in that country following India’s surgical strike along the Line of Control (LoC) causing it much humiliation.Senior Superintendent of police, Pathankot , Rakesh Kaushal told TOI that it was a Pakistani pigeon with message tied to its claws. “It appears to be an act of mischief. May be someone wanted to take his irritation out after India’s surgical attacks along LoC.”The message written on a small piece of paper reads “Modi, sun lae, Pakistan ka bachha bachha ladnaey kay liye tayyar hai, Kashmir par julam ka badla liya jayega. Ab 1971 wala Pakistan nai hai - Beshukra Tabiba” (Listen Modi, every children of Pakistan is ready to fight, we will take revenge of atrocities committed on Kashmir, Pakistan is not anymore as it was in 1971”. The writer has identified himself as Beshukra Tabiba.Notably residents of border village spread across the Radcliff Line have a common hobby of pigeon flying and spotting of Pakistani pigeons in Indian villages is a common phenomenon. However, sometimes mischievous elements across the border use pigeons to spread hate messages as in this case.SHO, Narot Jaimal Singh, Ramesh Kumar said that apparently it appears to be mischief of some residents of border village of Pakistan. He said there was a small note tied to pigeon in Urdu. He said that the pigeon was spotted by Border Security Force personnel deployed at a Border Out Post. BSF later informed the same to police.“We will see what to do with the pigeon, for now it is with the staff of our Bamiyal police chowki,” he said.In charge police chowki Bamiyal Kedar Singh said the message was written on a rough paper and was tied to the grey colored pigeon’s claws. He said police would act as per directions of their seniors.