Bengaluru: Five booked for pouring acid on street dog

Bengaluru: A 50-year-old woman has filed a case against five people at the Banashankari police station for allegedly pouring acid on a street dog.

According to police, the accused would walk on streets at nighta in an inebriated state agitating street dogs. They enjoyed street dogs barking at them.

On March 4, the accused tied up a street dog at Ambedkarnagar in Banashankari and thrashed it for no reason. They then allegedly sprayed acid and petrol on it.

When a woman questioned them, they threatened her with the same treatment.

The woman has filed a complaint in this regard with police after taking help from a social activist. The five-year-old injured male canine has been shifted to an animal rescue center and is undergoing treatment. The center has named the dog as Bunny.

Police have booked a case under IPC Sections 34 (criminal act done by several persons), 428 (whoever commits mischief by killing, poisoning, maiming or rendering useless any animals), 429 (mischief by killing or maiming cattle e.t.c.) and 354 (any man who assaults or uses criminal force to any woman or abets such act with the intention).

(With inputs from IANS)