A video of Kapurthala, Punjab based dog breeder is doing rounds on the internet. The dog breeder indulged himself in a most inhumane act and ran over a dog with his car. The accused has been identified as Gurinder Singh, a resident of village Dandupur in the Kapurthala district.
The video, however, drew outrage from the former union minister and BJP MP Maneka Gandhi, a vocal animal rights activist. The former minister exposed the dog breeder who first placed a dog carefully before his car and then ran over it. Gandhi wrote, "This is Gurinder Singh, S/O Harbans Singh, Dandupur village, Kapurthala in Punjab. He is a breeder and seller of dogs for dog fights. This is what he does to dogs when they are no longer useful. The dog died after 30 minutes of being in excruciating pain."
After a few hours, she posted a second video of caged dogs, allegedly kept by the same breeder.
“Here’s a video of this man’s dogs, which he had been using for dog fights. At night, he took all these dogs and threw them in the lake behind his house. One dog drowned and the others have been rescued by PFA. This man should go to jail.”
PFA stands for People for Animals, an organization that Maneka Gandhi founded in 1992.
Punjab Police said they took note of the videos and were investigating the allegations.
“Madam, the issue is taken up and referred to Kapurthala police for immediate, necessary action please,” the Punjab police said in response to Maneka Gandhi.
Kapurthala Police said it had registered an FIR against the suspect, Gurinder Singh, under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.
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“Necessary and immediate action has been taken by Kapurthala Police FIR number 137 has been lodged at Talwandi Chaudharian Police Station under Section 11 (1) of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act has been registered against Gurinder Singh,” Kapurthala Police said.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animal’s India branch also confirmed in a tweet that an FIR had been registered in the case.
Kapurthala’s Senior Superintendent of Police Jaspreet Singh Sidhu claimed that the video was an old one.
“It came to our knowledge last evening when Shalini, a PFA activist, approached us with a complaint and a copy of the video. We got the FIR lodged last night. The man is still absconding and our teams are on a lookout”.
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