At least 5 stray canines died after some unidentified individuals poured acid on them in Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain, prompting the police to register a case after animal lovers raised considerations over the barbaric act, an official stated on Saturday. An offence beneath part 428 (commits mischief by killing animals) and different related provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered at Nagjhiri police station on Friday, the official stated. The matter got here to gentle when an animal rights group in Indore obtained a name on its helpline that some strays had been brutally attacked with acid, it was said.

We obtained info on our helpline that unidentified individuals had poured acid on the mouths of 5 stray canines in Nagjhiri police station space of Ujjain on Wednesday,” said Priyanshu Jain, Indore unit president of People for Animals. Some locals had rushed the dogs, aged between four and eight years, to a veterinary hospital, where they died during treatment, she said. Members of the organisation petitioned to senior police officers about the incident, following which a case was registered, Jain said. Meanwhile, sub-inspector Livan Kujur of Nagjhiri police station said, We are going through the CCTV footage of the area to zero in on persons responsible for the attack.

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