10 cattle died drinking water from a  creek  mixed with poisonous waste

BY AKSHYA  ROUT

 Jajpur,May 21:   At least  ten  cattle died and   four  others fell unconscious and sick after drinking water from a  creek  mixed with poisonous waste, which was allegedly released from a construction company   at  village Sukutigher under Purunabaulamala Gram Panchayat  of  Jenapur police station in Jajpur district  on  Saturday afternoon.

After knowing about the incident, many agitated locals and cattle owners rushed to the spot , and assaulted the employees of the Eversendai  private limited.

 A veterinary team conducted a postmortem of the dead cattle  and samples of their  lungs, livers , kidneys , hearts and blood   were sent to  the State Forensic Science Laboratory SFSL) , Rasulgarh, Bhubaneswar  for testing. After getting the report from  SFSL     we will know the exact reason behind the death of  the  cattle . The sick cattle have been given treatment and now they are reported to be out of danger,  said Ranjan Sethi, the Block Veterinary Officer of Dharmasala.

An FIR has been registered against the company by some dead cattle owners  . Acting on the FIR, police filed a case against the company under the provisions of IPC.  We also filed a case against some villagers on Sunday acting on the complaint of the  company. No arrest has been made yet,  said Umakant Nayak, the IIC of Jenapur police station.