Close to 40 stray dogs were poisoned to death in Ranipet, Tamil Nadu. The dogs were reportedly administered a lethal injection in a township managed by a public sector company. The police launched an investigation following a complaint filed by an animal activist and a veterinary doctor for the mass canine murder. A case has been registered under the provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. While the culprit is still at large, the complainant has claimed that an official of a public sector company near Ranipet engaged their sanitary workers for the mass killing of stray dogs on the premises of the township. The dogs were poisoned and their bodies were allegedly disposed off at the riverbed near Trivalam Bridge. While police still searches for the spot where the murdered animals were buried, the carcasses of the dogs are expected to be exhumed by officials for post-mortem. Killing stray dogs is a punishable offence as per Section 428 and 429 of the main crimin...
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