New Delhi: A pigeon fitted with a digicam and a microchip has been caught on a fishing boat off the coast of Paradip, Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha, police mentioned on Wednesday March 7, 2023. Some fishermen have discovered the chook perched on their trawler whereas fishing at sea a number of days in the past, with cops suspecting it was getting used for ‘spying’. The chook was handed over to Paradip Marine Police on Wednesday.
“Our veterinarians will examine the bird. We will enlist the assistance of the State Laboratory of Forensic Sciences to examine the devices attached to its legs. It appears that the devices are a camera and a microchip,” mentioned the Jagatsinghpur Police Superintendent Rahul PR News Agency. PTI:
It additionally seems that one thing is written in a language unknown to the native police on the chook’s wings.
“Expert assistance will be sought to find out what is written,” police mentioned.
Odisha | A suspected spy pigeon fitted with a small digicam and a microchip captured from a fishing boat off the coast of Paradip in Jagatsinghpur
The fishermen discovered the pigeon of their boat whereas fishing at sea. They handed over the pigeon to the Paradip Marine police station. ASP Paradip: pic.twitter.com/4ABSbDtbsy— ANI (@ANI) March 9, 2023
The pigeon was reportedly discovered on the trawler whereas anchored round 35 kilometers off Konark round 10 days in the past.