Summary:
Bhopal, Dec 1 (PTI) A man allegedly killed a stray dog after it bit his son in Madhya Pradesh"s Gwalior district, police said on Wednesday.
The incident took place about a month back in Simariatal village, while a video of the brutal killing surfaced on social media on Sunday, following which an animal activist lodged a police complaint, Dehat police station in-charge Anand Kumar said.
In the purported video shot from a distance, the man is seen hitting the dog, screaming with pain, with a sharp-edged tool and then chopping off its leg.
An activist of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) demanded action in the matter from Gwalior police.
Superintendent of Police Amit Sanghi told PTI that an FIR has been registered against the man following the complaint.
“According to the villagers, the accused, Sagar Vishwas, was angry as the dog had attacked his son and bitten off flesh of the boy"s jaw.