Man who hung his dog by rope killing it & shared photo on WhatsApp arrested

Stump stated in the FIR, “When I was working in the organisation at 11:45 am, a woman animal caretaker got a call from Omkar Vinayak Jagtap from Pirangut. He informed me that he was going to kill the dog.” Stump said after the call, the organisation got in touch with Jagtap and assured that they would send an ambulance immediately.

“But then 10 minutes later, on the WhatsApp of the caretaker, Jagtap sent a photo of the dog hanging by a rope,” Stump stated.

Senior police inspector Santosh Girigosavi, in charge of Paud police station, said, “We have arrested the accused and investigation is on. The accused told us that the dog was causing trouble. He said he had called an organisation for help, who said they would take the dog with them, but as they didn’t come for two days, he killed the dog.”

The caretaker also alleged that Japtap sent a video of a woman beating the dog with a stick, along with text informing her to not send an ambulance as he had already killed the dog, police said.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray in a tweet demanded swift action by the police.