Pune: Uttamnagar police are searching for four to five unidentified men who brutally beat a four-year-old stray dog to death in Kondhwe Dhawade around 9am in broad daylight on Oct 12.After examining CCTV footage and obtaining the dog’s post-mortem report, an NGO official lodged a complaint with the police on Wednesday.Senior inspector Raghvendra Kshirsagar of the Uttamnagar police said, “CCTV footage, which is blurred, shows four to five men assaulting the stray dog with bamboo sticks unprovoked. They beat the dog so severely that it lost consciousness and collapsed on the spot.”“Later, some residents spotted the unconscious dog and took it to a veterinary practitioner. The canine had died of severe injuries by this time. The residents contacted us and began examining CCTV footage from various establishments. They found footage showing the men assaulting the dog mercilessly,” he said, adding, “We are trying to identify the suspects in the case.”
