Chandigarh, Jan. 16 -- The Chandigarh Police have registered an FIR against the management committee of the cowshed at Makhan Majra, Raipur Kalan, after allegations of gross negligence and cruelty surfaced in connection with the death of over 60 cows and calves at the municipal corporation-run facility on Thursday.

The case was registered at the Mauli Jagran police station on Friday under Section 325 (mischief by killing or maiming animal) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 11 (treating animals cruelly) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, following a complaint by advocate Garvesh Rana, a resident of Sector 32-A.

In his complaint, Rana alleged continued mismanagement at the cowshed, and claimed that repeated complaints b...