Udupi (Karnataka), Jan 28 : Karnataka Police have registered an FIR against two persons on charges of brutally killing a dog in Udupi district, the police said on Saturday.
The police said that the incident took place in the premises of Shri Madhwa Vadiraja Institute of Technology & Management in Bantakal, near Udupi.
The accused have been identified as warden Nagaraj and Rajesh.Preliminary investigations have revealed that the accused allegedly committed the brutal act after they found a student playing with the dog in the college premises.
The head of Madhvaraj Animal Care Trust, Babita Madhavraj, said that Nagaraj and Rajesh put the dog in a gunny bag and then beat it to death.Later, they took the dead dog in a college vehicle and dumped it elsewhere.
She urged that justice should be done to the dog by initiating action against the culprits.
A video of the incident has gone viral on social media, prompting animal lovers to sharply to condemn the incident.
Manjula Karkera, an animal lover, lodged a police complaint at the Shirva police station in this regard.
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