Digha: A fisherman in Digha has become an overnight crorepati by selling 33 fish of Telia Bhola giants, which he and his colleagues had been trapped early on Tuesday night in Bengal.
Each fish is weighed between 20kg to 25kg and they are sold at a price of rs 13,000 per kilogram, making fishermen crorepati a day.
On Wednesday, he had a similar catch from Telia Bhola fish sold at Rs 57 Lakh all day, helping him get Rs 1.5 Crore on two days.
Chanchal Pradhan (45), who has been in business for more than two decades, was busy securing the big cash he got for two days at Digha Mohana Market.
He has a trawl company Maa Basanti who caught fish.
Sukhdeb Das, fellow fishermen on the market, said: “On Tuesday, he came to the market with 33 big fish.
During auction, every fish sold for Rs 12,800 per kg and he got a total of Rs 98.7 lakh.
On Wednesday, he Back to the market with a slightly smaller 37 telia bhola fish with a smaller size 57 lakh Telia Bhola, the fish that can really be eaten, is also known for its medicinal value – the reason behind the high price on the market.
The source said that on Tuesday, those related to several pharmaceutical companies had bought fish.
“Some pharmaceutical companies have a patent for the use of fish spare parts such as oil, omega III fatty acids and liver extracted from fish,” said Susan Sahu, an official of the senior state fisheries department.
Earlier on Tuesday, five fishermen had trapped Telia Bhola fish, weighing more than 78kg, in Sunderbans.
Long fish seven legs are then taken to the wholesale canning market for auction and finally sold for more than RS 36 Lakh.