Man booked for throwing bricks at stray dogs

Nagpur: In another case of cruelty against animals, a first information report (FIR) has been registered against a resident of Hanuman Nagar for beating stray dogs with bricks.
Residents of Hanuman Nagar Manish Trivedi noticed his neighbour Ravindra Baajanghate throwing bricks at a pack of stray dogs sitting nearby. As per the given information, the dogs were not aggressive and did not pose any threat to the residents. “He would hurt the dogs for no reason. Some dogs also got injured,” said Trivedi.
The recording shows Baajanghate coming out of the house and going towards a heap of bricks kept outside his house. He picks up a few bricks and starts throwing them at a pack of stray dogs nearby.
The incident got captured in the CCTV cameras outside Trivedi’s house. He sent the recordings to animal activist and member of Nagpur Society for Prevention of Cruelty against Animals (SPCA) member Karishma Galani.
Based on the recordings, Galani filed a complaint against Baajanghate at Ajni police station. As per police officials, action will be taken under Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. FIR has been registered under Section 11 of the act.
According to Galani, hurting animals was a punishable offence as per the act. “Due to the lockdown, the stray dogs are already suffering from starvation. People should be considerate towards them. Hurting them with bricks is brutality,” she said adding that this was the first case in the city in which FIR has been registered based on CCTV footage.
Galani, along with other activists, is feeding stray dogs of different areas every day. “We appeal to people to provide food and water to stray animals at this time of distress. We are coming across dogs that are starving and getting sick,” she added.