The shark was caught in the sea for 3 hours. It is reported that a big shark was caught in the Sunapur beach of Tikiti block of Ganjam district today. But the people of Sunapur village tried hard to push the fish into the sea but the weight of the fish was so much that they were unable to float it.
When the villagers were unable to push in, the fish lay on the beach for 3 hours, after which the shark died, after which forest officers came and investigated, and then killed themselves and buried it.
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The fish was the largest fish, measuring 6.6 meters in length, when it died, said the Bankhand official. Priyabot Das, Fisheries Officer of Tikiri Block, said that when the shark was old, it came to the shore in the waves of the sea, but it died on arrival. Due to the weight of the fish, the villagers were unable to push it into the sea and the fish died
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