Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Feb 18, Seven persons were today arrested for killing farm fish in Bathnoor Shahoora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
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Police said that on 13th February police post Lassipora received a written complaint from one Manzoor Ahmad Mir, son of Abdul Salaam Mir of Bathnoor Shahoora in which he stated that some unknown persons have mixed some poisonous substance in water due to which thousands of fishes died in his fish farm at Bathnoor area of Litter Pulwama.
A case (FIR NO 9/2023 U/S 428 IPC) was registered at Police Station Litter and investigation was taken up.
“During the course of investigation of the case, by utilizing technical and human resources many suspects were called for questioning from where it came to surface that some persons have used bleaching powder for catching fishes at Canal which acted as a source of water for said fish farm, due to which the farm fishes got killed,” police spokesman said.
All the accused persons involved in the act have been arrested.
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