Following an unusual theft incident that took place in a village in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, police have registered 800 kg of cow dung to be missing.
Costing about Rs 1,600, the cow dung was stolen from Dhurena village.
The SHO of Dipka, under whose constituency Dhurena falls, received the complaint from Kamhan Singh Kanwar, the head of the village gauthan samithi.
The incident took place on the intervening night of 8 June and 9 June, and the complaint was registered on 15 June. “A formal complaint was lodged on June 15 by Kamhan Singh Kanwar, the head of village gauthan samiti,” Dipka SHO Harish Tandekar told reporters.
The cow dung was being procured by the state government under the "Godhan Nyay Yojna" for Rs 2 per kg. The scheme aims to facilitate the production of vermicompost at the dedicated area in villages where cattle are housed in the day time.
The persons who committed the theft are still unidentified, and an investigation is underway, according to the SHO.
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