A man was arrested on Sunday in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna after a purported video of him brutally killing a puppy went viral on social media, police said.
According to Superintendent of Police, Guna, Vijay Khatri, the accused was identified as Mrityunjay Singh, a resident of Guna city.
He said that the action was taken based on a complaint from one Jhankaar Sharma, who lives opposite to the incident spot, against an unknown person. A case under IPC Section 429 (Mischief by killing or maiming cattle, etc., of any value or any animal of the value of fifty rupees) and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 Section 11 (Treating animals cruelly) was registered in the case, he told The Hindu.
