Stray dog beaten to death in Thane housing society; case filed

A stray dog was allegedly beaten to death at a housing society in Maharashtras Thane district prompting police to register a case against unidentified persons officials said on WednesdayAccording to PTI the incident occurred at Bhoirwadi in Kalyan on Sunday night Videos circulating on social media showed people walking with sticks in the residential areaThe canine was later found dead in the societyrsquos parking lot with signs of a struggle an official from Khadakpada police station saidComplaint lodged by local feederA local animal feeder lodged a complaint following the incident Representatives of the Plants and Animals Welfare Society PAWS also took up the matter with the police PTI reportedBased on the complaint police registered a case against unidentified persons on Monday under relevant sections of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960 the official saidPolice are examining CCTV footage from the area to identify the culprits he addedThe incident comes just days after a separate case was filed against a resident of the same society On March 27 a 43yearold woman an animal lover alleged that the resident threatened to poison stray dogs following a dogbite incident involving a minor A case of criminal intimidation under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS was registered against himStray dog beaten to death in Jogeshwari West Mumbai Police book duoIn a similar incident earlier in January this year two unidentified men allegedly beat a stray dog to death and dumped its body into a drain near Ajit Glass Garden in Jogeshwari West on Saturday The Oshiwara police have registered an FIR and launched a manhunt to trace the accusedAccording to the police the incident occurred around 415 pm when the duo allegedly assaulted a brown stray dog with bamboo sticks before throwing the grievously injured animal into a drain nearby The dog reportedly stopped moving shortly afterLocal residents alerted by the commotion reached the spot and rushed the dog to a nearby veterinary clinic but doctors declared it dead during examination Subsequently a complaint was filed by Kumari Gunjan Shankar Ram Jaiswal 18 a resident of the area Gunjan told the police that she and her sister Lali witnessed the brutal assault ldquoOne man was wearing a black Tshirt and the other a white shirt They repeatedly struck the dog with bamboo sticks The dog was badly injured before they threw it into the drainrdquo Gunjan statedGunjan told police that while she does not know the accused by name she can identify them She has demanded strict legal action against the two menThe statement was recorded at Oshiwara police station and verified by Assistant Police Inspector Dharmaji Dokhare The police confirmed that a case has been registered under the relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS and further investigation is underwayAccording to locals the dog was gentlenatured and posed no threat The alleged motive behind the killing was that the dog ldquobarkedrdquo and disturbed a few residents Witnesses claimed that the accused attacked the dog while it was sleeping striking its head repeatedly with sticks until it diedWith PTI inputs