Pigeon with wing stamped creates flutter near international border

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Updated At : 12:49 PM Jul 19, 2020 IST

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Raj Sadosh

Abohar, July 18

Residents of Fatuhi village, located close to the international border in Sriganganagar, caught a pigeon whose wing bore a stamp in Urdu. The villagers took the pigeon to the nearby Hindumalkot police station, which handed it over to the Forest Department.

Police station in-charge Majid Khan said a name and a cellphone number (code 0307) was stamped on the bird’s wing. Intelligence officials, who arrived shortly, scanned the pigeon.

Two days ago, a 2-feet-long balloon with Pakistan International Airlines written on it was found in Chak 6-Q village, Mateeli Rathan.

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