PTI
New Delhi, 20 November
Around 25 students and staff members, suspected to belong to the Don Bosco Technical Institute in South East Delhi, allegedly attacked a pregnant stray dog and killed her after torture, officials said.
After the video of the gruesome killing that took place in a park surfaced on social media, New Friends Colony Police registered an FIR in the matter.
A group of 20 students from technical institute Don Bosco Zakir nagar killed a pregnant dog, no action has been taken so far @DCPSEastDelhi @CPDelhi pic.twitter.com/JM1ten2Oyz
— Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga (@TajinderBagga) November 19, 2022
According to the complaint, it was alleged that two brothers of the institution were also present under instructions from the senior staff.
The disturbing video shows a gang of all-male students cornering the frightened dog inside a tin shed on the Institute’s campus which a student enters with a stick in hand, while the other students yell at him from outside, who they said.
The 15-minute long video carrying a gruesome visual of the animal’s torture and killing went viral on Saturday with activists and dog lovers demanding strict action against the accused, who were suspected to be students of the institute located in Okhla.
Later, one of the crowd could reportedly be seen dragging the dog through the college compounds.
The gruesome act came to light within days of another such video from Ghaziabad showing three people killing a dog by hanging it in a grotesque manner. Police have booked the accused in this incident in a case following a complaint.
“It is appalling to see such brutality by young students who are seen laughing while dying on an expectant mother,” said Ambika Shukla, Trustee, PFA.
Scientific studies have shown that cruelty to animals is dangerous because it escalates into violence against women and children, she said.
“Over time, the highest level of abuse defenseless animal dissipates and impose their power, such abusers, then prey on women and children,” she said.
Shukla said there are many studies that show an overlap between animal abuse and domestic violence and child abuse.
“Today’s animal abusers are tomorrow’s serial survivors. That is why it is so important for society to take all cases of animal abuse seriously.
“These boys must be expelled from the college and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. The institution must be severely punished as not only its students but its staff are involved,” said she
