At around 8.30 pm on August 23, Dr Ashok Bhondwe, a veterinarian, was busy treating stray pets at his clinic in Shivaji Nagar in Pune when a woman barged in and started screaming that the doctor had killed her dog. She was accompanied by a middle-aged man, wearing a formal black blazer and what looked like a press card on a lanyard, who identified himself as a journalist and started filming the argument with a cellphone.
The journalist compelled Bhondwe to admit on camera that the dog had died because of his treatment and, once the doctor had done so, threatened to release the video online if they weren’t paid Rs 5 lakh.
