In a gruesome incident in Hyderabad on Wednesday, the Musheerabad police detained five minors accused of burning three puppies alive in the Musheerabad area.
According to the police, eight minors picked the puppies up and threw them in a fire in a graveyard. When the puppies tried to escape, the boys caught and hurled them back into the flames while they were still alive. The puppies were charred to death.
The accused filmed the entire incident in a mobile phone and forwarded it on WhatsApp to a friend who forwarded it to others and led it to go viral.
Shocked over the barbaric incident, Shreya, a representative of the People For Animals organization, lodged a formal complaint with the Musheerabad Police under section 429 (mischief by killing or maiming of cattle) of the IPC. The provisions of the Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals Act were also registered against the minors involved in the incident.
As per the police, some of the minors were working in the Musheerabad fish market while others were still students. With the help of the video and the people in the neighbourhood, five of the eight boys in the video were identified and taken into custody.