Overview
- An MC report says the overall in-charge failed to flag a plant malfunction from January 11 to 14, leading to 66 carcasses awaiting disposal and a move to blacklist maintenance contractor Radhika Enterprises.
- Police registered an FIR at Mauli Jagran under BNS Section 325 and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act Section 11 on a complaint by advocate Garvesh Rana, with responsibility to be fixed through investigation.
- The UT ordered a magisterial inquiry led by ADM Amandeep Singh Bhatti with a one-week deadline, and veterinary teams have completed post-mortems and collected samples for laboratory analysis.
- The Municipal Corporation suspended key officials and ended services of several contractual staff, including the veterinary officer overseeing cattle pounds and other support personnel.
- Chief Secretary H Rajesh Prasad directed 24×7 CCTV monitoring, display of duty rosters and fodder records, and wider inspections of shelters, while a separate probe was opened into skeletal remains found at a Manimajra compound.