For Immediate Release:
19 November 2024
Contact:
Meet Ashar; AsharM@petaindia.org
Hiraj Laljani; HirajL@petaindia.org
Indore – Acting on a social media post depicting the horrifying beating of a community dog to death, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India worked with the Indore Rural Police to ensure that a first information report (FIR) was promptly registered. The identities of the accused are currently unknown, and the police are actively examining nearby CCTV footage to gather information on the suspects. To help, PETA India is offering a reward of up to Rs 50,000 to anyone who provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of the persons responsible for torturing the dog.
The incident occurred on 4 November near Prashanti Hospital, Mhow–Simrol–Khandwa Road, Dr Ambedkar Nagar, Indore – 453 441. A first information report (FIR) was registered against two unidentified individuals under Sections 3(5) and 325 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023. Section 325 of the BNS, 2023, makes the maiming or killing of any animal a cognisable offence and provides for a jail term of up to five years, a fine, or both. Section 3(5) of the BNS, 2023 pertains to offences committed “in furtherance of the common intention of all” by multiple individuals.
The videos are available upon request. Anyone with information about this crime can contact PETA India via its animal emergency helpline on 9820122602 or at info@petaindia.org. Informants’ identities will be kept confidential upon request.
“Those who abuse animals often move on to harming humans. For everyone’s safety, it’s imperative that members of the public come forward with what they know about this case and report cruelty to animals such as this one to the police,” says PETA India Cruelty Response Coordinator Virendra Singh. “We commend Smt Hitika Vasal, IPS, Superintendent of Police, Indore Rural, and Shri Sanjay Dwivedi, Thana In-Charge of Mhow Police Station, for promptly registering the FIR and sending a clear message that cruelty to animals will not be tolerated.
PETA India recommends that perpetrators of animal abuse undergo psychiatric evaluation and receive counselling, as abusing animals indicates a deep psychological disturbance. Research shows that people who commit acts of cruelty to animals are often repeat offenders who move on to hurting other animals, including humans. A study published in Forensic Research & Criminology International Journal stated, “Those who engage in cruelty to animals to animals were [three] times more likely to commit other crimes, including murder, rape, robbery, assault, harassment, threats, and drug/substance abuse.”
PETA India – whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way” – has long campaigned to strengthen the PCA Act, 1960, which contains outdated, inadequate penalties, such as a maximum fine of only Rs 50 for convicted first-time offenders (although the BNS, 2023, which has now replaced the IPC, prescribes stronger punishments). In a proposal sent to the central government regarding an amendment to the PCA Act, PETA India has recommended significantly increasing penalties for cruelty to animals.
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