A shrimp farmer of Shibapur village in the district has lodged an FIR with the Singla (Basta) police alleging that a neighbour has poisoned his prawn cultivation, for which he suffered a loss of Rs 13 lakh .
The victim Biswabhusan Das in his complaint stated he was an unemployed B Tech graduate and he had undertaken prawn cultivation in one acre of land during the lockdown period.
For the purpose he had availed loans of Rs 7 lakh from different sources including two microfinance companies.
Das said when he was preparing for harvesting the crop, a neighbour, who had a grudge against him and wanted to settle scores, poured poison in the pond at night, which was witnessed by some fellow villagers.
He alleged that the neighbour, who was interested in taking the same patch of land for prawn cultivation was the main culprit.