UP’s case of rat activism: Chargesheet in opposition to man for tying stone to rodent’s tail & drowning it in drain
4 min readBy PTI
BUDAUN: UP Police have filed a 30-page chargesheet in a Budaun courtroom in opposition to an individual who allegedly tied a stone to a rat’s tail and drowned it in a drain in November closing yr, an official acknowledged on Tuesday.
The police investigation linked “each and every sequence” and prepared the chargesheet based mostly totally on the forensic report, motion pictures inside the media, and information collected from completely totally different departments, Circle Officer (City) Alok Mishra knowledgeable PTI.
Police sources acknowledged to make the chargesheet strong, the post-mortem examination report has been used as a base.
The report indicated the rodent had lung and liver an an infection and died as a consequence of asphyxiation attributable to lung an an infection.
On November 25, police acquired a grievance in opposition to Manoj Kumar for cruelty in opposition to an animal.
Police acknowledged animal activist Vikendra Sharma reported them that Kumar threw a rat proper right into a drain after tying a stone to its tail.
Sharma acknowledged he entered the drain to keep away from losing the rat nonetheless it died later.
On Tuesday, senior advocate Rajiv Kumar Sharma knowledgeable PTI, “Under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, there is a provision of fine from Rs 10 to Rs 2,000 and three years of imprisonment. And under Section 429 of IPC, there is a provision for five years of imprisonment or fine or both.”
Kumar’s father Mathura Prasad, nonetheless, acknowledged, “Killing of rats and crows is not wrong. These are harmful creatures.”
“Rats had damaged the utensils made using soil, and had turned them into mounds of soil. This caused mental and financial problems to him. If action is taken against my son, then action should also be taken against those who butcher goats, hens and fishes. Action should also be taken against those who sell the rat killing chemical,” Prasad added.
After the incident in November, the rat’s carcass was despatched to a veterinary hospital in Budaun for autopsy nonetheless the workers refused to take a look at it.
The carcass was then despatched to Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) in Bareilly.
Kumar was known as to the police station for questioning.
He was later booked beneath IPC Section 429 (slaughtering an animal) and likewise beneath the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, police acknowledged.
Later, the forensic examination confirmed the rat’s lungs have been swollen and it died as a consequence of a lung an an infection.
“Our experts concluded the rat died due to asphyxiation caused by lung infection,” KP Singh, joint director of IVRI, had acknowledged then.
BUDAUN: UP Police have filed a 30-page chargesheet in a Budaun courtroom in opposition to an individual who allegedly tied a stone to a rat’s tail and drowned it in a drain in November closing yr, an official acknowledged on Tuesday.
The police investigation linked “each and every sequence” and prepared the chargesheet based mostly totally on the forensic report, motion pictures inside the media, and information collected from completely totally different departments, Circle Officer (City) Alok Mishra knowledgeable PTI.
Police sources acknowledged to make the chargesheet strong, the post-mortem examination report has been used as a base.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The report indicated the rodent had lung and liver an an infection and died as a consequence of asphyxiation attributable to lung an an infection.
On November 25, police acquired a grievance in opposition to Manoj Kumar for cruelty in opposition to an animal.
Police acknowledged animal activist Vikendra Sharma reported them that Kumar threw a rat proper right into a drain after tying a stone to its tail.
Sharma acknowledged he entered the drain to keep away from losing the rat nonetheless it died later.
On Tuesday, senior advocate Rajiv Kumar Sharma knowledgeable PTI, “Under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, there is a provision of fine from Rs 10 to Rs 2,000 and three years of imprisonment. And under Section 429 of IPC, there is a provision for five years of imprisonment or fine or both.”
Kumar’s father Mathura Prasad, nonetheless, acknowledged, “Killing of rats and crows is not wrong. These are harmful creatures.”
“Rats had damaged the utensils made using soil, and had turned them into mounds of soil. This caused mental and financial problems to him. If action is taken against my son, then action should also be taken against those who butcher goats, hens and fishes. Action should also be taken against those who sell the rat killing chemical,” Prasad added.
After the incident in November, the rat’s carcass was despatched to a veterinary hospital in Budaun for autopsy nonetheless the workers refused to take a look at it.
The carcass was then despatched to Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) in Bareilly.
Kumar was known as to the police station for questioning.
He was later booked beneath IPC Section 429 (slaughtering an animal) and likewise beneath the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, police acknowledged.
Later, the forensic examination confirmed the rat’s lungs have been swollen and it died as a consequence of a lung an an infection.
“Our experts concluded the rat died due to asphyxiation caused by lung infection,” KP Singh, joint director of IVRI, had acknowledged then.
