Suspect tells cops he ate dog meat, but not Brownie
GURGAON Cops probe five videos, footage shows 12 people consuming liquor and boasting about eating dog meat
The prime suspect in the case of kidnapping, killing and eating of a dog — Brownie — has reportedly confessed to having consumed dog meat. But he claimed he did not eat Brownie’s meat, said sources.
The police detained the suspect, Philip, from his residence in DLF Phase-1’s Sikanderpur area on Wednesday.
The police is questioning Philip, who is named in the FIR filed at DLF Phase-2 police station, about his involvement in the incident. Police said the suspect has not been arrested as the case is still being probed.
A day after the police filed a case of kidnapping, killing and eating Brownie by a group of men, a video circulated in the media shows some locals confronting the suspects in a room.
In one of the videos — which is with the HT — at least 12 people are seen inside a room, eating meat and consuming liquor. One of the suspects is heard saying they “ate doggy”. The videos were shot by anonymous people at an accommodation on Swarna Jayanti Marg in DLF Phase-1’s Sikanderpur area.
The police also questioned the person who shot the video but his identity has not been revealed.
President of People for Animals’ Gurgaon chapter, Amit Chaudhery, who lodged a police Anupama Srivastava, owner of Brownie, noticed on April 1 that her dog has gone missing
She filed a missing complaint on April 17
Printed 2,000 posters of Brownie (right, in pic) and announced a reward of ~5,000 to anyone who could provide information regarding her pet’s whereabouts
persons informed her that her dog was taken to a house near Sikanderpur village community centre
They told her that the canine’s mouth and legs were tied and it wasbeatentodeathbyagang of men
Srivastava then complained to People for Animals regarding the incident and asked them to intervene
People for Animals, India’s largest
complaint, said the videos were shot by people living in the vicinity who suspected cooking of dog meat. They entered the suspects’ residence and videotaped them cooking and eating meat, Chaudhery claimed.
“Doggy khayenge to kya hoga? (What will happen if (we) eat dog?)” one of the suspects, who seems inebriated, questions the person shooting the video.
“Doggy khayega? Abhi main animals rights organisation, on Tuesday filed a police complaint alleging that a missing pet dog had been first brutally beaten to death and then its meat consumed by some men
The complaint alleged that the dog
bataunga ki kya hoga. Dobara bol kya hoga (I’ll tell you what will happen. Repeat again what will happen)?” the person shooting the video asks.
“Kya hoga? Khaa gaya (What will happen? I ate it),” the man replies.
Police are investigating five videos that show suspects confronting the person recording the video. The complaint said Brownie was kidnapped by a had been kidnapped by a group of people from DLF Phase-II area around a month ago
Amit Chaudhery, president, People for Animals, Gurgaon, submitted videos of the dog being beaten and killed for its meat
group of people from DLF Phase-II area around a month ago. The videos were shared with Brownie’s owner Anupama Srivastava, a resident of DLF Phase-2, and later with PFA activists after Srivastava released posters of her missing dog with a reward of ₹5,000. A missing complaint was filed with the police on April 17. Sudeep Kumar, the station house officer of DLF Phase-II police station,
said he has seen the videos but their authenticity is yet to be checked. In the videos, there is a talk of eating some meat but we have to check whether it is dog (meat),” he said.
An FIR under section 379 (theft) and 429 (mischief by killing or maiming an animal), of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and under section 11(1) (a) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act was filed on Tuesday.