Maxxy gets a memorial in Hindalga prison campus

Belagavi: He soothed frayed nerves and was solace to many of the inmates in the jail. When his death left a huge void in their lives, as a tribute, inmates at Hindalga central jail built a memorial in his memory.
Maxxy touched everyone’s hearts with his unconditional love.
A rottweiler, Maxxy was the pet of chief superintendent of police of the prison, Krishna Kumar. The dog was brought from Punjab when it was a puppy. When Kumar was posted at Hindalga, he brought Maxxy with him to office. Rottweilers are generally considered aggressive but in no time Maxxy began making friends with the prison inmates.
The dog was a favourite with the prisoners. The inmates even took turns to bathe it every week.
Maxxy even joined the prisoners when they worked in the fields and entertained them with his pranks.
In July, the dog fell ill and died. Krishna Kumar was in shock and so were the inmates in the jail. For weeks, everyone mourned. After a month or so they decided to build a memorial at the burial site, beside the SP bungalow.
The memorial was built using unused material used in renovation of the prison. A marble was cut out in the shape of a semi-circle on which the dog’s picture was etched. “The inmates did everything and all the material was sourced from the unused material lying around the prison premises,” said Kumar.