Fish ponds poisoned, hundreds of thousands of fish killed

 Gaur, Aug. 4: Hundreds of thousands of fishes died after an unknown group poisoned two public fish ponds in Rautahat district.

            More  than 16 quintals of fish died in the two ponds of Simrabhawanipur HS School at Simrabhawanipur-5  and at Ward No. - 7, said contractor Mahichan Sahani.  

            It might be from some enmity as poison was put in the ponds four kms apart owned by the school, said Area Police Office Chandranigahapur Inspector, Nandalal Saha.

            Sahani of Khesrahiya VDC-5  had taken the ponds in contract of Rs. 2.07 million for five years. Meanwhile, four people including one elderly woman have been injured when two sides clashed last night over grazing   goats in the paddy field at Hathiyahi- 7.

           

            Mantoradevi, 60, was injured and Pawan Yadav, 25, was sent to Birgunj for treatment, and other two are undergoing treatment at Gaur Hospital, police said. RSS