A week after attack on stray dogs, cops file FIR

Gurgaon: A week after at least 10 stray dogs in Uppal Southend were beaten with sticks and taken away in sacks, police have filed a case against the accused, who are yet to be identified, under sections of the Animal Cruelty Act, according to a complaint lodged by the society’s RWA. Some residents noticed that the dogs had gone missing and then CCTV footage from the society’s premises revealed what had happened, raising fears that the dogs might have been killed or left to die.
The RWA, in its complaint, said that three vaccinated dogs — Kallu (10), colour black, Pixxie (4), colour white, and Droppy (11), white brown — and some other street dogs had gone missing from the society since April 1. “We had submitted a complaint on the basis of which an FIR has been registered,” said RWA president Ramesh Bhardwaj. Sub-inspector Madan from the Sector 50 police station said that the FIR was registered under sections 11-59-60 of the Animal Cruelty Act, 1960, on Sunday.

“The RWA has also submitted the CCTV footage and we are trying to identify the accused,” he added.

Earlier, a resident informed People for Animals, a non-government organisation, about the incident. The office of its chairperson — Union minister for women and child development Maneka Gandhi — had placed a call to the RWA, following which it swung into action and approached police.