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140 chickens die due to ‘loud music’ in UP: DJ arrested, 15 notices issued
A wedding procession turned fatal for a poultry farm in Sultanpur. Here is what happened.
The poultry farm in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur where 140 chickens died due to 'loud music' last week. (Express Photo)
After 140 chickens in a poultry farm died reportedly of heart failure due to loud music played by a DJ, police in Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur have issued notices to 15 DJ operators and owners to maintain sound levels within the permitted decibel limits.
Poultry farm owner Mohammad Sabir (25), whose chickens died, recounted the noise to The Indian Express. He said on April 25, he was at his farmhouse when a marriage procession passed by his property in Daryapur village.
“The DJ was playing very loud music. When my chickens started dying, I immediately went to the DJ owner and asked him to lower the volume… I requested him three times, but he did not listen, so I finally called the police control room,” Sabir said.
He said of around 5,300 chickens at his farm, 140 chickens died and estimated his financial loss at Rs 25,700.
He further alleged that after the police arrived, the DJ owner initially agreed to compensate him for the losses. “But once the police left, the DJ owner fled the spot. I took a photograph of the DJ vehicle and informed the police,” Sabir said.
The next day, a team of veterinary doctors visited the farmhouse and conducted a post-mortem examination of the deceased birds.
Station House Officer of Baldirai police station, Mahendra Pratap Singh, said according to the post-mortem report, the chickens died of heart failure. He added that the DJ vehicle had been seized and an FIR had been registered against the DJ operator and the manager for allegedly violating sound norms by playing music at excessively high volume during a wedding procession.
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Sub-inspector Bharat Singh, who is the complainant in the case, said DJ owner Kavi Yadav was arrested on charges of breach of peace and later obtained bail.
The case was filed under BNS sections 270 (public nuisance) and 325 (mischief by killing or maiming animal), police said, adding that the Environment (Protection) Act was also invoked.
Additional Superintendent of Police, Sultanpur, Braj Narayan Singh said the directions to DJ operators include maintaining permissible sound levels and ensuring that they don’t play music after 10 pm.
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