BJP MLA, who assaulted Shaktiman, arrested
Dehradun Police had registered a case against Ganesh Joshi for beating a police horse and reportedly breaking one of its legs.
Dehradun Police had registered a case against Ganesh Joshi for beating a police horse and reportedly breaking one of its legs.
Following the furore over police horse, Shaktiman, being allegedly assaulted by the BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi, the latter was arrested on Friday morning.
Last night, it took two hours for the doctors to get Shaktiman's injured leg amputated, which according to them was successful.
The horse's amputation surgery took place two days after his fractures were fixed by external fixation by a group of 10 doctors — six from Pantnagar and four district veterinary officers.Stating that Shaktiman will take a month to recover from the surgery, Uttarakhand DGP BS Sidhu said that in the meantime he will be given temporary prosthetic aid in the form of artificial legs which will be tailor made to his specifications.
Earlier, the BJP MLA had said that he is ready to face any penalty if he was found guilty for assaulting and severely injuring a horse.
The Dehradun Police on Sunday had registered a case against Ganesh Joshi for beating a police horse, reportedly breaking one of its legs, during a protest against Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Monday for \"misuse\" of funds.A BJP worker, identified as Pramod Bora, was also arrested from Haldwani in Nainital district for forcefully pulling the bridle of the horse and causing its fall at the protest venue on March 14 and leaving it injured. Mr Bora was arrested from Mukhani area of Haldwani in Nainital.