Dugri man arrested for assaulting mule

Ludhiana: The police, on Thursday, arrested a man for brutally beating a mule. The accused is Santosh Kumar, a resident of Dhandran Road, Dugri.
Mani Singh of Kucha Harnamdass in Field Gunj said in his police complaint, “I run an organisation, Help for Animal. On Thursday around 12.30am, the accused had loaded potatoes on the mule. Due to their heavyweight, they fell down. This infuriated the accused, who in a drunken state started hitting the mule with a stick. He even inserted the stick in its private parts.”
The volunteers of the organisation were passing through the area when they noticed it.
“We provided first-aid to the mule and gave it food and water as it was dehydrated and hungry,” he added.
Police arrested the accused after registering a case under Section 429 of the IPC (mischief by killing or maiming cattle, etc, of any value or any animal of the value of fifty rupees) and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.
Mani Singh said later, they learned that the mule was given on rent. “We called its owner and he gave it in writing that he will look after the animal,” he added.