Hyderabad, Jan. 10 -- An investigation into a government-funded cancer research project at Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur has uncovered serious financial irregularities in spending, revealing that the university spent Rs 1.92 crore between 2011 and 2018 on cow dung and cow urine, among others, which had a reported market value of just Rs 15 to 20 lakh.

In 2011, the then Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state government, led by Shivraj Singh Chouhan, approved the research project that would study methods to cure serious diseases using Panchagavya, a traditional Ayurvedic mixture made of cow products.

Though the university requested Rs 8 crore for the project, Rs 3.5 crore was sanctioned.

Now, an i...