Bird from Pak has police in a fix

GS Paul

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, April 20

The local police department have a unique case on their hands — seizure of a pigeon from across the border. The bird tagged with a Pakistan number was captured by the BSF and handed over to the police for further action.

In a communication to the police, the BSF insisted on lodging an FIR against the recovered bird. A BSF official said around 6.25 pm on April 17, the bird came and sat on the shoulder of a jawan on duty at Roranwala border outpost, around 500 metre from the Attari-Wagah border.

Later, it was discovered a slip bearing a Pakistani contact number was wrapped around one of its legs with an adhesive tape. Fearing it to be a ‘spy code’, the police were asked to initiate action.

Faced with a unique situation, the police have sought legal opinion. Attempts to reach the number mentioned on the slip have turned futile.

Attari DSP GS Sahota said: “We have lodged a DDR and are awaiting legal opinion.” Till then, the bird would be in forest department’s custody.