Eight booked for beating up stray dog in Aashiana

LUCKNOW: In yet another case of cruelty against animals, eight persons were booked for mercilessly hitting a stray dog with bricks and stones near Pakri Pul in Aashiana on Sunday night.
After the locals raised an alarm, the accused loaded the stray dog in a two-wheeler and fled the scene, said Ankit Rawat, who lodged an FIR in Aashiana police station on Monday.
According to Rawat, he heard the voice of a dog whining when he got back to his house with his German Shepherd dog around 11.30 pm on Sunday night. When he went out, he spotted that 5-6 persons were beating the stray dog mercilessly. When he tried to stop them, they instead threatened him with dire consequences.
"Since I was alone, I filmed them on camera and called 112 to save the dog," said Rawat. Rawat lodged an FIR against Munna Rajput, Mohit Rajput, Karan Pandit, Sunny, Suraj, Ajay, Vishal and Harsh.
ACP, Cantonment, Abhinav Kumar said, "An FIR has been registered and they were tracing the accused."