Stray dog mercilessly thrashed with iron rod in Mumbai, in critical condition

A 24-year-old youth was captured on the CCTV footage of a residential building while allegedly battering a stray dog, Dabbu, with an iron rod on Saturday. The local residents thrashed him later for assaulting the dog which led to chaos outside the Vakola police station. The stray dog has suffered a skull fracture and is in a critical state.

The residents of Rizvi building in Kalina were shocked after they found that Haroon Khan, a resident of the building, was battering a stray dog in the compound with an iron rod. Surekha Kharat, 52, an animal lover who fed the stray dogs in the area saw the incident and checked the CCTV footage to find Shaikh picking up an iron rod and battering the stray dog on its head. The stray dog, Dabbu, was quietly passing by when Khan took an iron road and mercilessly started thrashing the dog. The stray dog collapsed and was rushed to Parel Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).

"We feed Dabbu every day and he is friendly. We rushed the dog to a veterinary clinic for treatment and later shifted him to SPCA at Parel," said Kharat.

Dattatray Khade, Police Sub Inspector, Vakola police station said, "During investigation we found that the accused had hit the stray dog with an iron rod. We arrested the accused under section 429 (Mischief by killing or maiming cattle) of the IPC and under relevant sections of the Prevention of Animals to Cruelty Act.