4 held for poisoning fish

BATLAGUNDU: Four persons were taken into custody on Wednesday in connection with the poisoning of a large number of fish in a tank at Mattaparai village near Nilakkottai on Tuesday.According to sources, Kumar of Karattur had taken the tank on lease from the PWD for breeding fish. This led to rivalry between him and Ramu Thevar of Melmattaparai and his sons Karnan, Pasupathy and Mahamuni, of Vilampatti.Kumar lodged a complaint with the Nilakkottai Police that he suspected Ramu Thevar and the other three of poisoning water in the tank which resulted in the death of about four tonnes of fish.Police, who registered a case, arrested the four men and are investigating.