45 cows die due to suffocation in Chattisgarh

Bilaspur: Atleast 45 cows died due to suffocation in Bilaspur district, Chattisgarh. The district administration has constituted a committee headed by an additional collector to conduct an inquiry while the police have also registered a First Investigation Report (FIR), he said.

The deaths at Medpar village under Takhatpur development block came to light on Saturday morning when locals noticed foul smell coming from the room where cows had been kept, said Bilaspur Collector Saransh Mittar.

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60 cows were locked in a room in the old panchayat building, he said. It is not yet confirmed as to why the cows had been kept there. By the time district officials and veterinary doctors reached the spot, 43 cows were dead while two died later, he said.

Autopsies revealed that the cause of death was suffocation, Mittar said, adding that remaining 15 cows are being treated.

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