Overview
- Carcasses of nearly 100 dogs were recovered from a pit on the outskirts of Abbapur in Jagtial district on Sunday.
- Police said the animals were injected with poison and their food was tainted, and they sent the bodies for postmortem after SAFI intervened.
- An FIR was registered naming the village sarpanch, upa-sarpanch and gram panchayat secretary under BNS 325 read with 3(5) and Section 11(1)(a) of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.
- Activists allege the killings are tied to election-time promises to remove stray dogs, a claim police are investigating.
- Authorities acknowledge a broader pattern since December, with police estimating about 500 deaths and NGOs citing 1,000–1,300 across multiple Telangana districts.