Residents of Bhedisahi village under the Pattamundai police limits in Kendrapada district were taken aback when a carcass of a rare giant dolphin was spotted in the locality late on Sunday night.
As per forest officials, the rare Gangetic dolphin had strayed into the Gobari river from the Mahanadi delta and got trapped in a fishing net of Bhedisahi fishermen.
However, the aquatic mammal died since it was kept out of water for a while. Later, the farmers threw the carcass on the road and went away. Receiving information, forest officials reached the village, recovered the carcass and kept it in the Central Nursery at Sansarphala.
Rajnagar Additional Veterinary Officer Debi Prasad Kunda reached the spot and initiated postmortem of the carcass.