Puri, 16/3: A suspected spy pigeon was found in Odisha’s Puri district, police said on Thursday. This is the second incident in the state in a week as another such pigeon was caught from a fishing boat off the Paradip coast in Jagatsinghpur district on March 8, they said.
This new pigeon was caught on Wednesday at Nanpur village in Astarang block of Puri district. A local nabbed it when it came for mingling with the other pigeons, police said.
It had tags attached to its legs with brass and plastic rings. One of the tags had ‘REDDY VSP DN’ engraved, while another bore the number 31 on it, they said.