PATIALA: Punjab police have registered a case against a former Army man and his neighbour for killing a chained dog with two rifle shots at Badbar village in Punjab's Barnala district.
The FIR was filed following the intervention of animal rights activists after a video recorded by the son of the son of the former Armyman, went viral. The clip showed the former defence serviceman Ajit Singh and his neighbour Satvir Singh killing a chained pitbull firing two shots.
The dog was killed in public view even as a few students were seening passing by in the clip. A local can be heard using foul language poking fun at the canine in the video. Puneet Banga, an animal rights activist, said Ajit and Satvir opened fire at the animal, and the villagers' cruelty made the video chilling.
Animal rights activists wrote to Union minister Maneka Gandhi, herself an animal rights activist, seeking her intervention. They also wrote to Punjab DGP and the Animal Welfare Board of India, following which an FIR was registered.
In his defence, Satvir claimed the dog was rabid and had attacked two of his buffaloes the previous day. He said the dog had also bitten a number of residents, because which they had to kill it using Ajit's rifle. Police learnt that the duo had shot the dog without consulting a doctor, and in the absence of any representative of the Animal Welfare Society.
The FIR was filed following the intervention of animal rights activists after a video recorded by the son of the son of the former Armyman, went viral. The clip showed the former defence serviceman Ajit Singh and his neighbour Satvir Singh killing a chained pitbull firing two shots.
The dog was killed in public view even as a few students were seening passing by in the clip. A local can be heard using foul language poking fun at the canine in the video. Puneet Banga, an animal rights activist, said Ajit and Satvir opened fire at the animal, and the villagers' cruelty made the video chilling.
Animal rights activists wrote to Union minister Maneka Gandhi, herself an animal rights activist, seeking her intervention. They also wrote to Punjab DGP and the Animal Welfare Board of India, following which an FIR was registered.
In his defence, Satvir claimed the dog was rabid and had attacked two of his buffaloes the previous day. He said the dog had also bitten a number of residents, because which they had to kill it using Ajit's rifle. Police learnt that the duo had shot the dog without consulting a doctor, and in the absence of any representative of the Animal Welfare Society.
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