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The pigeon, whose comrades in espionage are seen here, was captured for reportedly having some sort of markings stamped on its body. Exactly what those markings were is unclear: in one telling it had a Pakistani phone number; in another, it had "'Shakargarh' [Shakargarh Tehsil is apparently a sub-divison of Narowal district in Pakistan’s Punjab province close to the border] and 'Narowal' written on its body in English, along with some numbers and words in Urdu."

It may also have had a wire of some kind attached to its body, according to some reports.