India, March 13 -- In a remarkable display of vigilance and smartness, villagers in Odisha's Bhadrak district used a drone camera to capture a thief who had stolen midday meal rice from a local school and taken refuge in a pond. The dramatic incident unfolded at Charibatia village under Naikanidihi police limits in the early hours of Wednesday.

According to a media report, four miscreants attempted to steal rice stored at the village school around 2 AM. As the villagers spotted them and raised an alarm, the thieves tried to flee. Though two of them managed to escape, one jumped into a nearby pond while another was caught by the villagers.

Determined not to let the thief slip away, the villagers surrounded the pond and devised a strateg...