A youth in Bhopal was booked by the Shyamla Hills police station late on Sunday evening after a video of the man throwing a dog into a lake surfaced on the internet. A case was registered against him under Section 429 of Indian Penal Code (IPC) and other sections of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act after animal lovers lodged a complaint with Bhopal Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of police Irshad Wali. Efforts are on to nab the accused who is still on the run.
The incident took place at the VIP road which joins and old and new city where the man threw a stray dog in the Upper Lake while shooting a video to be later uploaded on social media. In the viral video, the youth, probably inebriated, was seen standing on the sidewalks besides the lake during late evening hours as he picks up one of two dogs roaming near him and throws it into the lake and giggling as he looks at the person shooting the video. A song from Hindi movie Commando 3 can be heard in the background in the video.
Soon after the video was uploaded on the internet, the youth -- identified as Salman, a native of Qazi camp area in Old Bhopal -- received a series of backlash from netizens who slammed him heavily for his cruel act.
Soon after the act, city-based lawyer Rishi Kumar uploaded an audio clip of a phone call with the youth, where the latter confessed to his misdeed saying he was drunk during the act. He also claimed to have jumped into the water later on to save the dog, and promised to upload an apology on social media with a video clip to prove his claim.
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