NEW DELHI — A massive manhunt is underway in central India after a gang of robbers stole nearly a tonne of cow dung from a village, police said.
Villagers in the central state of Chhattisgarh complained to police last week after more than 800 kilograms (1,770 pounds) of poo disappeared from their storehouse.
Police said the gang struck at night, breaking into the depository in Korba district’s Dhurena village and fleeing with their pungent plunder estimated to be worth some 1,600 rupees ($22).
“We have questioned some suspects but no arrests have been made yet,” local police officer Harish Tandekar told AFP on Wednesday.
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