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30 stray dogs killed and buried in Tamil Nadu on instructions of town panchayat president

Animal rights activist C Sunitha lodged a police complaint against Nagalakshmi and her husband, Meenakshi Sundaram after videos of the incident surfaced causing immense irk over the incident

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New Delhi, December 8

Thirty stray dogs were allegedly beaten to death and buried in Tamil Nadu’s Virudhunagar district at the instance of the town panchayat president and her husband.

Animal rights activist C Sunitha lodged a police complaint against Nagalakshmi and her husband, Meenakshi Sundaram.

As per her complaint, she learnt about the incident through videos and other sources that the stray dogs had been killed and buried over three days. When she called the panchayat president, it was Sundaram who picked up the phone. Sundaram allegedly told her that it was based on his orders that the dogs had been killed.

The complainant also submitted an audio recording of the phone call, Sundaram is heard purportedly telling Sunitha that the dogs were killed because they had diseases and had attacked schoolchildren and other passersby.

The police have registered a case under Indian Penal Code section 429 (killing or maiming cattle, etc, or any animal of the value of Rs 50), read with section 11(1) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960 against the panchayat president and her husband.




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