‘Spy’ pigeon escapes from police custody

Abohar, February 8

A pigeon that had “infiltrated” yesterday from across the international border escaped this afternoon allegedly due to the negligence of the police in Srivijaynagar segment in the border Sriganganagar district.

Sources said the police had yesterday nabbed a pigeon after a two-hour effort. The bird carried a tag which had “5547 Janbaz Khan” along with a phone number written on it. After putting the pigeon behind the “bars”, Intelligence agencies were informed about the incident.

The police this evening said when a head constable lifted the small gate of the cage out of curiosity, the bird flew out. An alert was sounded immediately but witnesses finally reported that the pigeon disappeared in the sky towards the neighbouring country. — OC