Ujjain Police arrest Mumbai teens who were accused of drowning a dog

In a recent video shared on social media, two teens, in an act of cruelty, were seen tying a dog up and further drowning the helpless animal in a dirty little pond. They have been traced and identified in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. An FIR was lodged against the deranged teenagers at Madhav Nagar police station for committing animal cruelty. One of the accused was identified as Sunny Borasi. The other accused is a minor.

In the video of the incident, the sad helpless animal can be seen looking at the two youths before they throw him into the pond. The video enraged netizens and the incident went viral. This led to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India offering a reward worth Rs 50,000 to anyone who would be able to give information about the two accused. After the accused were arrested, PETA thanked the police for taking action promptly. The accused are from Mumbai and they were located in Madhya Pradesh. The accused have been booked under section 34, 429 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 11(1)(a) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960.

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In the past, PETA has urged the Assam government to ban "cruel" methods of killing male chicks by poultry hatcheries and instead propagated use nitrogen and inert gases. A release by the animal rights body stated that practices such as grinding, crushing, burning, drowning and feeding male chicks alive to fish violate the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 of the Indian Penal Code. Recently at PETA India's request, the animal husbandry departments of Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh issued orders for a complete prohibition on illegal and cruel practices to kill chicks in hatcheries and further directed that the methods recommended by the AWBI and LCI be adopted.