In Chhattisgarh, cops file FIR for cow dung theft
Korba, June 20
The Chhattisgarh police have registered a case against unidentified persons after an unusual incident of cow dung theft came to light at a village in Korba district. An officer said 800 kg of cow dung worth Rs 1,600 was stolen from Dhurena village on the intervening night of June 8-9.
“A formal complaint was lodged on June 15 by Kamhan Singh Kanwar, the head of village gauthan samiti,” said SHO Harish Tandekar.
The state government has been procuring cow dung at Rs 2 per kg under its ambitious Godhan Nyay Yojana for the production of vermicompost at gauthans. — PTI
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