MOHALI: In a brutal incident a car driver intentionally crushed a stray dog in Phase 381 around 4pm on Thursday. The runaway driver was booked after confirming the incident from CCTV footage.

Mowgli Aid volunteers Aman Sethi and Sahib Kunwar Singh mention in their complaint that this beastly driver ran the male canine over repeatedly, with the clear intent of killing it. The driver did not even stop to look at the poor animal, which died in 20 minutes. Sethi and Kunwar gave a written complaint to the Mataur station house officer (SHO).

The CCTV footage was sourced from a nearby house and it has gone viral on social media. Sethi told ,”It was a narrow lane and the driver should have been extra careful. The act was inhuman.”

Sub-inspector Amandeep Singh, investigating officer of the case, said: “The car’s Haryana registration number will help us trace the culprit, whom we have booked under sections 279 (rash driving), 290 (punishment for public nuisance), and 429 (killing of animal) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Section 11 (cruel treatment of an animal) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act of 1960.”

 

According to another volunteer Karanveer, from Mowgli Aid: “There is no local SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) or animal rescue service in Mohali’. Volunteers do everything to save the animals. In Thursday’s matter, we were lucky to get the footage as evidence but most of the time, that’s not the case. I hope the local authorities make an example of that car driver.”

 

Article Source: The Times of India