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Time of India

Cops rescue pets caged in dark rooms in 2 Bypass flats

Kolkata: The Survey Park Police on Wednesday rescued several dogs and cats from two apartments in high-rises off the EM Bypass based on specific complaints that the apartment residents were mistreating and harming the animals. Police have also started a probe after some NGO members, including actor Debashree Roy, tried to step into the apartments where the animals were allegedly kept locked-up in dark rooms. The activists were stopped from entering the apartment and at least one of their cellphones was broken during the commotion following the resistance. Police have slapped multiple charges on the apartment owners under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and BNS. According to the complaint, police said, Dola Sarkar, who is attached with a Santoshpur-based NGO Paws Heaven Foundation, along with Roy had gone to two apartments in Udita Complex and Calcutta Greens. The NGO said they had specific complaints that the "owners of those flats had been causing cruelty to the cats and dogs which had been kept there." Police said the FIR names two flat owners and they are being served notices. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum – No Wallet Needed! IC Markets Start Now Undo Neighbours, who approached the NGO and spoke on condition of anonymity, said the situation had been deteriorating for months. "The stench from the flats has become unbearable, and we often hear the dogs howling throughout the night," said one resident. It was alleged that the animals were being kept in "the most inhuman condition'' in dark rooms without any electricity. The owners allegedly did not bother to clean up the cages, leading to her neighbours approaching the NGO for help.