Bhubaneswar: This one is clearly not for chicken recorders.
Sixty-three chickens died because of suspicion of a heart attack on a poultry farm in the Balalasore district on Sunday night allegedly because of the hard music played on the wedding procession.
The incident was revealed after the Ranjit Kumar Parida, agricultural owner, filed a complaint with the Nilagiri police station on Tuesday.
In his complaint, Parida said the wedding procession, with the band played hard music, past the front of his farm in Kandagarandi Village at around 11:40 a.m.
on Sunday.
“I asked the DJ to lower the volume when the music was too hard and scary chicken.
But the groom’s friends shouted at me and instructed DJs to increase the volume.
They deliberately stopped in front of my poultry farm for about 15 minutes.
And playing loud music,” Read Parida complaints.
When the procession finally passed the area, Parida said he was surprised to see a lot of chickens lying on the ground.
On Monday morning, Parida contacted several veterinarians who visited his farm and told him that the chicken had died of a heart attack.
“There are around 2,000 chickens on my farm.
Each of the 63 dead chickens will weigh about 3 kg.
I suffered a loss around Rs 25,000.
The dead chickens are still lying on the farm when the police ask me to not throw them away until the end of the investigation,” said Parida.
Chicken does not suffer any disease, he added.
The police said this problem was being investigated.
“The Nilagiri police station has received complaints in this matter.
The costs are being verified,” said the police supervisor (Balasore) Sudhanshu Mishra told toi.
A police station official Nilagiri said they had asked the groom or family member to appear at the police station on Wednesday.
Police also seek the help of veterinarians in Balalasore to ensure the cause of chicken death.
Siba Prasad Das, a veterinarian said, “Chicken can die because of a heart attack after being exposed to high decibel sound and music that is very noisy for several minutes.
Animals and birds are afraid of loud music and high decibel firecrackers.”