Overview
- Police registered three cases across Kamareddy, Hanamkonda and Jagtial, booking 16 people under BNS Section 325 and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.
- Veterinary teams have exhumed large numbers of carcasses in multiple sites, with officials reporting over 100 recovered in Shayampet and additional recoveries in Kamareddy, and samples sent to forensic labs.
- Complaints allege dogs were killed using poisonous injections, with video from Dharampuri appearing to show an injection followed by collapse and workers admitting they were hired.
- Those named include several sarpanches and hired individuals, including a man identified as Kishore Pandey, with notices issued as legal proceedings advance.
- Authorities are verifying the scale of the killings and the substances used, as animal welfare groups cite Supreme Court guidance requiring non-lethal ABC sterilisation and vaccination programmes.