The case of spy pigeons as Odisha Police seizes one off Paradip coast

There were devices fitted on pigeon's leg and coded messages were scribbled on its wings, reports say

Police have taken into custody a suspected spy pigeon, allegedly attached with a camera and a microchip, from a fishing boat off the Paradip coast of Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district. The flighty suspect was perched on one of the trawlers used by the fisherman. It was captured and handed over to the marine police in Paradip. The police suspect the bird was trained for spying.

Local news outlets reported that coded messages, in blue and red, were also scribbled on the pigeon’s body.

Fishermen anchored 35 kilometres in the ocean captured the bird around 10 days back and handed it over to