In a case of abject cruelty to animal, the Noida Police has arrested a Delhi Police Constable for allegedly beating a stray dog to death with a baseball bat in Noida. Police said that the horrific incident took place on Sunday night.
The accused constable has been identified as Vinod Kumar (35), who hails from Hapur district in Uttar Pradesh. Police said that the accused lives in Chhalera village in Sector 44, under the Sector 39 police station limits.
According to a senior Noida police official, the constable and his family, including his son, felt threatened by the dog as the animal would bark at them every time they passed through the neighbourhood. “A row had broken out between the Delhi Police Constable and the local people after the incident. The police were alerted about it, and the Constable was taken into custody. A First Information Report was lodged under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 429 and he was arrested,” said the senior police official.
Purported videos of the row between Kumar and some local people also surfaced on social media in which the Constable was heard claiming that the canine had scared his son earlier in the night after which he killed it. Further legal proceedings are underway, the police added.