Another ‘Suspicious’ Pigeon Caught in Odisha’s Bhadrak

Bhadrak: Another ‘suspicious’ pigeon was caught in the Balimed area of Odisha’s Bhadrak district today.

The locals located the pigeon and recovered it. They later handed over the bird to the forest department.

Earlier, a pigeon with suspicious tags on its legs was caught at Nanpur under Puri’s Astaranga Police limits.

According to reports, the matter came to the fore after some locals spotted tags suspicious tags on the pigeon’s leg and caught it by fishing net on Wednesday.

The pigeon was seen with three tags on both its legs. On one of the tags, ‘REDDY VSP DN’ was engraved, while another tag bore the number 31 on it. After catching the pigeon, the locals informed the police about the same.

It is pertinent to mention that just a week ago an alleged spy pigeon was found by fishermen in Puri on March 6. It was later sent to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) for examination.