Pesticide poisoning? 17 cows dead

Aurangabad | Monday | 13th November, 2017

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AURANGABAD: Seventeen cows and a bull were found dead at Indewadi on the outskirts of Jalna city on Saturday morning, sparking off tension in the area.Preliminary investigation by a government veterinary found that the animals, belonging to a temple in the village, died of poisoning.The village sarpanch suspects the cows may have died after eating crops sprayed with pesticides or were poisoned as the farmers have been complaining about crop damage by the animals.Based on a complaint by the village's Mahatma Gandhi Tanta Mukti Yojana president Sarjerao Shinde, Taluka police have registered an offence under IPC..