Delhi Police has arrested two persons in connection with the brutal killing of a stray dog in South Delhi's Munirka earlier this month.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, south district, Ishwar Singh said the accused have been identified as T David Haokip (23) and lalminsang Khongsai (20). “The accused revealed on interrogation that they had killed the canine because they wanted to consume his flesh,” said the DCP.
On August 16, Michell Horne, an animal lover reported to police regarding the incident wherein a group of three to four boys belonging to North-East region had brutally attacked a stray dog with bricks at a street near Vedanta Restaurant in Munirka Village.
These young boys waited for oozing the blood from the body of dog in trauma, packed the same in a poly bag and fled from the spot. Incidentally, the entire scene was captured in the CCTV camera installed near the spot.
“During the course of investigation, a police team was constituted and after obtaining the CCTV footages, the photographs of the accused were developed and was circulated among residents of Munirka, Jia Sarai, Ber Sarai, Katwaria Sarai, Vasant Gaon, Kotla Mubarkpur, etc. Due to persistent efforts, the police team succeeded in eliciting the names of two suspects but nobody revealed their addresses,” the senior police officer said.
After continous efforts the team came to know about the whereabouts of the brother of one of the accused and the accused were identified. Raids were conducted to trace and arrest the and later both the suspects could not bear the continuous pressure mounted by the police team at different hideouts and finally they surrendered at Vasant Vihar police station on Friday.
“During interrogation, accused persons disclosed name their other associate as James, who is still absconding,” said the DCP.