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Jul
At least 40 cows died of suffocation in a small room of a panchayat building where they were allegedly locked in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district, a senior official said on Saturday.The deaths came to light this morning when villagers experienced a foul odour emanating from the room, and found that some of the cattle had died, said Bilaspur collector Saransh Mittar. He said a total of 60 cows were locked in a room in the old panchayat building of Medpar village under Takhatpur development block. Calling it an unfortunate incident, chief minister Bhupesh Baghel said, “I have directed the Bilaspur collector…