Fed up of next-door cat straying into his flat, Thane man hurls it to death from 16th floor

Thane | Monday | 17th December, 2018

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THANE: Fed up of the "nuisance" caused by a neighbour's pet feline, a Thane resident allegedly flung the Persian cat to its death from the 16th floor of his building on Friday. "The maid requested Panchal not to harm the cat," said senior inspector Datta Dhole of Kasarwadavali police station. The man, Shivram Panchal (64) claimed that the cat often sneaked into his flat and he feared for the safety of a baby in his house. "She even tried to stop him, but Panchal was in no mood to listen and just dropped the cat. Later, when it was taken upstairs to Shaikh's flat, his other pets -eight other Persian cats and a Labrador-kept circling around the dead feline..