The dog was found alive and is currently receiving medical attention at a hospital.
The dog was found alive and is currently receiving medical attention at a hospital.
The Chennai police on Wednesday arrested the man who has was caught on camera throwing a dog from a terrace, sparking massive outrage on social media. The cops also apprehended the man who had shot the shocking video and the two culprits will be produced in court.
The main culprit was identified as one Gautam Sudarshan, a medical student at Kundrathur in Kancheepuram district. The video of him throwing a dog from the terrace of a residential complex had gone viral on Facebook and a city dweller had lodged a complaint with the city police to trace the culprit, on Monday evening.
To the relief of animal activists, the dog was found alive and is currently receiving medical attention at a hospital as it is unable to walk properly.
Chennai: Veterinary doctor conducts medical check-up on the dog that was thrown off a terrace, says it is in shock.https://t.co/e72dqCrbDr
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The video is believed to have originated from the message sharing platform, WhatsApp and was eventually uploaded on Facebook by animal activists. The video, which runs in slow motion, features the holding a dog by its neck and back on the parapet wall of his terrace.
After sporting a smile into the camera, the man drops the dog down and the camera follows the dog, which falls down crying out in pain and the video ends with the dog lying still on the ground.
Sally Kannan, Outreach Consultant at Humane Society International had posted the video, offering a reward of 100,000 Rs to anyone who could nab the culprit.
(This story originally appeared in the deccan Chronicle as may the case be)
