Cops rescue dogs from lawyer home

BARASAT: Police rescued five ailing' dogs from a lawyer's residence at Barasat, North 24-Parganas on Wednesday afternoon after actor
Debashree Roy and some NGO members told cops that the canines were in a miserable condition there.
Police said they went to rescue the dogs from the house on Barasat-Barrackpore Road after Debashree Roy alleged that the dogs were being tortured at the residence of the lawyer, Raj Narayan Sharma.The lawyer allegedly confined those dogs inside a cage on his terrace. They were not fed and ill-treated, the actor alleged. A local alleged that two dogs died in the lawyer's house a few months ago as they were not fed. Roy later said they would arrange for the treatment of those dogs and send them to a good shelter.
Police said a local handed over his two dogs to Sharma few days ago and one of the dogs died following alleged ill-treatment by the lawyer's family. Later, he drew the attention of an NGO to the ill-treatment.
Roy, who is also associated with the NGO, reached Barasat police station on Wednesday and met IC Shyamal Sarkar and requested him to help her rescue the dogs. Later, a police team raided Sharma's residence and rescued the dogs. A senior police officer said, "We will question Sharma's family members on this issue." Sharma, however, was not available for comment.