Tag: Bhagalpur-district

India’s first national dolphin research centre to come up in Patna.

Source – newindianexpress.com

PATNA: India’s and Asia’s first National Dolphin Research Centre (NDRC) will come up on the bank of the Ganges in the premises of Patna University.  

Proposed in 2011 the project to set up the national dolphin research centre continued hanging in balance for next eight years, however, the state government has finally expedited the work 

According to deputy chief minister of Bihar Sushil Kumar Modi, around 1,455 dolphins have been sighted during a survey conducted in 2018-19 in the river Ganga by the teams of experts.

“The state government is working hard to set up the national dolphin research centre in the premises of Patna University”, Modi said, adding that a 7 km long stretch between Sultanganj and Kahalgao in Bhagalpur district has already been declared as Vikram Sheela gangetic dolphin sanctuary.

The gangetic dolphin is India’s national aquatic animal but frequently falls prey to illegal poaching.

The presence of dolphins in the Ganga gives a sign of a healthy ecosystem because dolphins live at least in  5 ft to 8 ft deep water.

The gangetic dolphin has been declared  an endangered aquatic animal and is one of the four freshwater dolphins species in the world as another three species are said to be found in the Yangtze River, the Indus River in Pakistan and the Amazon River globally.

The proposed NDRC in Patna would play a major role in facilitating deep and wide researches on the life cycle of dolphins and their behavioural significances in context with climate change.

‘Eunuch’ arrested for raping woman in Bihar.

Source – gulfnews.com

Patna: Police in Bihar have arrested a man who would pose as a eunuch in order to assault women. The accused would seek alms in trains while in his disguise, police said.

His crime came to light after the police arrested the man on Tuesday in connection with the rape and murder of a middle-aged Dalit woman in eastern Bihar’s Katihar district.

The body of the woman was found abandoned at a deserted place in Katihar on Sunday. During the course of the investigation, the police found out that the woman was last seen with the eunuch. Subsequently, the police attempted to raid his home but it was locked.

He was finally arrested from neighbouring Bhagalpur district on the basis of his mobile location after he refused to receive repeated calls from the police.

Initially he tried to mislead the police but when the latter applied force, he cracked and confessed to raping and killing the woman with the help of two accomplices. His subsequent medical examination confirmed he was a man, and not transgender. Police said the accused had been living as a eunuch in the locality for a long time and no one suspected him.

“The man had dressed himself as a eunuch to prey on women and satiate his sexual desire,” a senior police official Anil Kumar said on Wednesday.

The police official said initially they were hesitant in arresting the man but finally took him under custody after finding that he was a male posing as a transgender to sexually exploit women. He has been sent to jail.