Pulwama: Police on Saturday said that it arrested seven persons involved in killing farm fish in Bathnoor Shahoora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
In a statement, the 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 stated therein 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.
The spokesperson further stated that upon this information a case FIR NO 9/2023 U/S 428 IPC was registered at PS Litter and an investigation was taken up. During the course of the investigation of the case, by utilizing technical and human resources many suspects were called for questioning from where it came to the surface that some persons have used Bleaching powder for catching fish at the canal which acted as a source of water for said fish farm, due to which the farm fishes got killed.
