Dog dies after botched op, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation chief booked

HYDERABAD: GHMC commissioner DS Lokesh Kumar along with People For Animals (PFA) have been booked after an alleged botched up animal birth control (ABC) surgery killed a dog at Kusaiguda police station limits.
According to the FIR details, cops registered a case under section 429 of IPC (mischief by killing or maiming cattle) and section 11 (1) (A) of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (PCAA) against People For Animals director Vasantha Vadi, shelter manager Manjeera Sen and Dattatreya Joshi, a volunteer.
The complainant identified as SH Shravya Nandini (28), a resident of Sainikpuri alleged that People For Animals was conducting animal birth control surgery in violation of the Animal Welfare Board of India’s 2001.
Speaking to TOI, she explained that around seven dogs were taken by PFA on December 7. Out of the seven dogs, People For Animals’ director Vasantha Vadi had disclosed in a WhatsApp chat to Nandini that one had died.
“The dog was eight months old. Sterilization surgery resulted in this. People For Animals did not even conduct an autopsy and did not bother informing us” Shravya told TOI.