AHMEDABAD: A Gota woman has filed a complaint with Sola police stating that her neighbour thrashed a stray dog and threatened her because she feeds canines in her locality.
Priyanka Jha, 23, a resident of Gota Housing Society, filed her complaint on Saturday. She said in her FIR that she offers food and milk to stray dogs in her locality, which she said prompts her neighbour Kamlesh Marwadi to often pick fights with her.
Jha said that on Thursday at about 9.30pm, she saw a stray dog roaming around her home. She said that Marwadi then began beating the dog brutally with a stick. She stated in the FIR that she did not say anything to Marwadi.
Later, Jha and her mother offered the injured dog milk and care as it was crying out in pain. Meanwhile, Marwadi’s mother told Jha not to feed the dogs around the housing society.
“Marwadi threatened me with dire consequences if I continue to feed the dogs. He fought with me and my family members,” Jha said in the FIR. After the incident, she focused on treating the injured dog. Then on Saturday, she approached Sola police with the pictures of the injured dog to file a complaint against Marwadi.
Sola police have registered a case of criminal intimidation against Marwadi. The provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act have been invoked as well.
Recently, cases of attacks on stray dogs and scuffles among members of housing societies over such attacks have been reported in Vejalpur and Satellite areas.
