NEW DELHI: Greater Noida Police has registered a case in opposition to unknown individuals after taking cognisance of a criticism filed by an NGO a few viral video on social media purportedly exhibiting a minor boy throwing a puppy from a peak onto the highway resulting in the month-old canine’s demise, officers stated on Sunday.
A criticism, filed by People For Animals (PFA) volunteer Surbhi Rawat, stated the video that’s circulating on a social media platform confirmed the boy, aged round 9-10 years and residing in a high-rise tower, selecting up the puppy which was hiding with its siblings in a bush. He then takes the squealing and wriggling puppy to a peak and throws it down, leading to its demise.
“In the same [housing] society, just days ago, a person had intentionally crushed a puppy under his vehicle. Another puppy was found dead in suspicious circumstances. It was possibly poisoned. An autopsy will be conducted. The reason for such brutal actions against puppies is hatred spewed on the society’s WhatsApp group. Kids nowadays have phones and get easily influenced by adults who indulge in fear-mongering and spread hatred towards stray animals throughout the day,” Rawat instructed the information company PTI.
Recently, Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale moved a personal member’s invoice searching for to boost punishment for inflicting cruelty on animals from a petty high quality of Rs 500 to Rs 1 lakh and imprisonment of as much as one 12 months.
