Cases against 80 people for illegally farming Thai Catfish

The District Fisheries Development Department has registered cases against 80 people for illegal farming and trading of Thai Catfish (Magur) here.

"For a long time some locals of Jhalava village under the Niwari police station were illegally farming the fish with the connivance of some persons of the fishing department," District Fisheries Development Officer Rama Nand said.

Cases have been registered against some fish traders from the Gazipur Mandi in Delhi and locals of Jhalava village.

"Section 144 of the CrPC was already been imposed in the area to stop farming and transporting of the fish," Sub Divisional Magistrate (Modi Nagar) Atul Kumar said.
 

The farming of the fish was banned by the central government as it has a negative impact on the indigenous variety of fishes and on human health.