At least 24 bats died in a village allegedly due to extreme heat in Chhattisgarh's Korba district, a forest official said on Monday.
The carcasses were found near a pond in Parsada
village in the Pali forest range on Sunday, Katghora divisional forest officer Kumar Nishant said.
Samples of the carcass have been sent for tests to ascertain the cause of the deaths, he said.