Another pigeon, suspected of being used for spying, was caught in the Balimed area of Odisha’s Bhadrak district today.
According to sources, Sushil Mohanty of the village found the bird ringed on its legs during hailstorm on Tuesday and it was then handed over to the Forest Department.
The locals located the pigeon and recovered it. They later handed over the bird to the forest department.
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.
This is third incident in the state this month. One pigeon was caught from a fishing boat off the Paradip coast in Jagatsinghpur district on March 6 and another with tags attached to its legs with brass and plastic rings was caught at Nanpur village in the Astarang block of Puri district on March 15.
In the first case, devices that looked like a camera and a microchip was found fitted to it.
