http://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/residents-in-posh-mumbai-society-hire-sanitation-worker-to-dispose-off-11-new-born-puppies-in-the-most-cruel-way-possible-259444.html
You’ve heard this before. After Kolkata, Hyderabad and Chennai, Mumbai now joins the growing list of reported animal cruelties.
Fed up of their yelping and barking, the residents of Sandstone Co-operative Housing Society engaged a cleaning supervisor to get rid of 11 puppies from their complex. The puppies were packed tightly in a polythene bag and then tossed into a garbage bin by the said supervisor.
The supervisor, named Charlie, was clicked by a resident while packing the pups.
Shefali Agarwal/PAWA
Animal activists then lodged an FIR with the Mira Road police station and three people – the supervisor, the housing committee Chairman and Secretary – have been booked by the police.
“After going through the CCTV footage, we have registered a case under the relevant sections of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 against the chairman, secretary and the housekeeping supervisor of the society,” confirmed Senior Police Inspector Jagdish Shinde.
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“Upon reaching the spot and verifying the gruesome act from the pictures, we immediately lodged a formal complaint with the police,” Salim Charania, president, Peace for Animals Welfare Association (PAWA) told DNA.
Shefali Agarwal, resident of the Sandstone CHS who clicked the images of Charlie in the act, also said, “Being an animal lover, upon sighting the act, I immediately clicked pictures of it and informed animal activists, as a delay would have costed the lives of 11 puppies.”
The mother of the puppies was spotted roaming the complex looking for her babies and ate food only after they returned.
Shefali Agarwal/PAWA
In the recent past, there have been cases in Hyderabad, Kolkata, Chennai and New Delhi. Bhadra, the dog who survived being flung off the roof of a two-floor building, is still recovering.
Speaking to Indiatimes, a Mira Road police station officer said that the puppies were saved by the prompt action of the animal association. “They were in a state of shock and sick from the exposure to the rain but are recovering steadily now back at home in their complex,” the station in-charge said. “Senior members of the Mumbai police are now investigating the case against the three charged. There has been a lot of talk against animal cruelty but we have to follow the rules.”
“The puppies were only a few days old and had not even opened their eyes yet. Fortunately, they survived,” said Shefali.
Images provided by PAWA and Shefali Agarwal
Hiranmay Karlekar