New twist in mass dog murder
A video showing two women hitting puppies with sticks till they were dead went viral leading the hospital authorities to initiate probe. The incident happened on Saturday within the campus of state-run NRS Medical College and Hospital.
The video was shot by students of the adjoining hostel verandah of dental college. “We hear dogs yapping every day but that day there were several of them wailing. I came to the verandah and saw that two women were beating the puppies with sticks till they were dead. We shouted at them and asked them to stop but they were so consumed at the act they could not hear us. The incident happened behind the NRS Nursing Hostel,” said a student of dental college.
1. Dogs dumped in plastic bags
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The bodies were later dumped in plastic packets near the gynaecological ward of the hospital where Putul Roy, a staff member of the NRS hospital discovered them. The carcasses were taken at the veterinary hospital in Belgachia for a post mortem. Initially investigators had thought that they had been killed by poisoning but initial post mortem report said that they had been hacked to death. Report said that heads of four of the 16 puppies have been smashed while the other 12 died of the punctured liver. A detailed post mortem report will be submitted within a week.
2. Three mem ber team has been formed
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The hospital has put up a three-member investigating committee headed by the deputy superintendent of the medical college, Dr Dwaipayan Biswas. “It is an inhuman act. The place has been identified on the basis of the viral video clipping. We are looking into the matter. Soon we will find out the offenders and they will be punished,” Biswas said.
The video showed two women who were wearing surgical gloves were later identified as students of nursing college. A case has been initiated at Entally Police Station. Police sources said that two FIRs have been filed on the basis of complaints. The section involved is 429 (killing animals) of the Indian Penal Code. Police are also looking at CCTV footages.
3. Only one dog has survived
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Although no one has been arrested so far, sources said that one second year student of the nursing college had been questioned by PS officials and that she had denied being present at the hospital on Saturday. Investigating committee will officially call her for questioning on Tuesday.
4. Strong reaction from dog lovers
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TMC MLA and animal rights activist Debasree Roy called the incident barbaric and nightmarish. “I demand a strict and fast expedition of the case and offenders to be brought to books with the strictest punishment,” she said.
