Cattle including two cows belonging to C Madaiah, one cow each of Gowdagere Mahadevamma, Ningaiahana Raju, Madaiah, Puttaswamy, Gende Madegowda and one sheep of Gendegowda has died under mysterious condition.

Responding to this, Dr Nanjappa, assistant director of department of animal husbandry said a report has been submitted to Health department after conducting post mortem on the carcasses. It is suspected to have died of consuming contaminated food and polluted water. It will be confirmed only after the test results are known. Steps have been taken to provide treatment and preventive measures for the remaining cattle to avoid further loss. Dr M P Chandrashekar was also present.