A man on Saturday was arrested in the Vasant Vihar neighbourhood of Maharashtra's Thane district after a dog in his custody fatally mauled another dog, according to a police official, news agency PTI reported. According to the Chitalsar police station officer, a violation of sections 289 (neglect conduct with respect to animals) and 337 (rash and negligent act that might threaten life) of the Indian Penal Code has been registered.
He stated: "The accused's dog killed another dog while out on a walk on September 29. No arrest has been made so far and further probe into the incident is underway."
In a similar case that happened last month, the owner of the dog that reportedly bit a 10-year-old child in an affluent suburb in Noida's Sector 56 was arrested.
According to the police, the boy's mother complained. An FIR was registered against the accused under IPC sections 289 (negligent conduct with respect to animals), 324 (voluntarily inflicting harm by hazardous weapons or methods), and 506 according to Sector 58 police station SHO Vivek Trivedi (punishment for criminal intimidation).
An adult Rottweiler, the owner's personal dog, was reportedly turned free on a neighbour by the 42-year-old defence worker in Salt Lake City on Friday night during an argument. After receiving 20 damage marks on his hands and other areas of his body, IC Block resident Avinash Kumar filed a complaint, leading to the arrest of Sumitesh Kennedy and his three-day judicial detention.
Kennedy was charged with violating IPC sections 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 326 (causing grievous hurt), and 289 by the Bidhannagar South Police Station (negligent conduct with respect to animal). According to Kennedy's lawyer Kaushik Das, “No owner can control an animal absolutely. The dog acted on its own and my client hadn’t instructed it to attack.”