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Infuriated over continuous barking farmer shoots a dog dead…

Indore: A farmer was arrested in Madhya Pradesh for shooting a dog dead after getting angry over its continuous barking. Pankaj Shukla said the dog used to bark near his home and had also bitten several people, though he could not give names or any other details of such incidents.

On the basis of a complaint from Priyanshu Jain, local unit president of NGO People for Animals, Shukla was arrested under relevant sections of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and IPC.

“Shukla used his licenced gun to shoot the animal, and the firearm and two empty cartridges have been recovered. We are writing to the district administration to cancel Shukla”s gun licence,” the official said.

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