Overview
- Police in Malad, north Mumbai, registered a case after a two-month-old puppy was allegedly sexually assaulted and beaten inside a public toilet on Sunday evening.
- The suspect was identified by officials as Vikas Besakar Paswan, aged 20.
- A passerby alerted animal rescuer Geeta Patel, who called Kurar police as bystanders restrained the man.
- The puppy was rescued in critical condition and is receiving treatment from a veterinarian.
- According to police, Paswan has been booked under BNS section 325 for mischief by killing or maiming animals and provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, yet he has not been arrested.