(IN) Mumbai:Nalla Sopara 'dog killers' arrested

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Nalla Sopara 'dog killers' arrested

 

 

SPCA-Thane had registered complaint under IPC against four men who allegedly

killed the animal last month

By Ram Parmar

Posted On Wednesday, September 09, 2009 at 03:56:32 AM

 

 

The Nalla Sopara police on Tuesday arrested four persons who had allegedly

beaten and killed a dog with cricket bats and iron rods on August 23.

 

This was after the Thane unit of Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to

Animals (SPCA) registered a complaint against them under the IPC [Mumbai Mirror,

September 5 issue].

 

Earlier, a resident of Nalla Sopara, Kavita Sharma had claimed she had adopted

the dog which was a stray. She had earlier registered a complaint against the

men under the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).

 

The four were then produced before the Vasai Tehsildar and released on a

personal bond of Rs 3,000 each.

 

According to Sharma, she learnt from her friend�s mother that on August 23,

the four accused, Punit Singh and his brother Manish, Vishal alias Jude

D�Souza and Nigel Sumitra, had rendered the dog unconscious and brought it to

the lobby of her building. Her friend�s mother later saw them running away

with the dog.

 

Shakuntala Mazumdar, president SPCA, Thane, said, �We were shocked after

reading the Mirror story that the Nalla Sopara cops did not register an FIR. The

SPCA did not agree with the police�s excuse that the youths had committed the

offence for the first time, and if an FIR was registered, their careers would be

spoilt. So we decided to register the complaint. As per rules, the Nalla Sopara

police should have registered a case and not let the four be released on a bond

of a mere Rs 3,000 each.�

 

API Sudhir Wagh said the dog�s body could be exhumed. But as it would be

ridden with maggots, it was not done, said Mazumdar. �We only wanted the

police to register an FIR against the four youths, as they had been cruel to the

animal,� said Mazumdar.

 

�We have registered a case under Section 428 (mischief by killing or maiming

an animal) of the IPC and Sections 11 (a), (1) of the Prevention of Cruelty to

Animals Act 1960,� said API Wagh.

 

�SPCA just wants to give a message to society that no one should take the law

into their hands and kill an innocent animal. If the four men had a problem with

the animal, there are appropriate agencies like the civic council or the SPCA,

instead of just killing it,� said Mazumdar.

 

 

 

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