FIR Registered After Dog Beaten and Buried Alive in Ghaziabad, Following Local Activist, SPCA and PETA India Intervention
After learning that a dog had been beaten with sticks and a cricket bat and then buried alive, PETA India worked with Modinagar Police Station, volunteer Vibhor Kataria, and Sandeep Gupta, member of the Ghaziabad Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA), to ensure that a first information report (FIR) was registered under the relevant stringent provisions of the law.
The incident occurred on 18 July 2026 and reportedly involved two brothers, Aman and Mukul, who allegedly beat a community dog to death. The dog was then dragged to a nearby ground and buried alive while in critical condition. The video shows the two brothers carrying a stick and a spade, apparently to dig the ground and bury the dog while he was still alive.
An FIR was recently registered under Section 325 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, and Section 11 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960. Section 325 of the BNS, 2023, categorises mischief by killing, poisoning, maiming, or rendering useless of any animal as a cognisable offence and prescribes a punishment of imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years, or with a fine, or with both. We commend Shri Bhaskar Verma, Assistant Commissioner of Police of Modinagar, Ghaziabad and Shri Anand Mishra, Inspector in charge of Modinagar Police Station, for directing the registration of the FIR and sending a clear message that cruelty to animals will not be tolerated.
Rule 11(19) of the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules, 2023, permits the capture of community dogs only for the purpose of sterilisation and makes it illegal to relocate community animals. It states, “The dogs shall be released [after sterilisation] at the same place or locality from where they were captured.” The Hon’ble Supreme Court, in its judgment dated 11 May 2026, upheld the ABC Rules by reiterating that dogs shall be released back to their territories following the necessary procedures mandated in the ABC Rules, 2023.
PETA India recommends that perpetrators of animal abuse undergo a psychiatric evaluation and receive counselling, as abusing animals indicates a deep psychological disturbance. Research shows that people who commit acts of cruelty to animals are often repeat offenders who move on to hurting other animals, including humans. A study published in Forensic Research & Criminology International Journal stated, “Those who engage in cruelty to animals to animals were [three] times more likely to commit other crimes, including murder, rape, robbery, assault, harassment, threats, and drug/substance abuse.”
Community dogs are often subjected to cruelty or struck by cars and commonly suffer from starvation, disease, or injury. Every year, many end up in animal shelters, where they languish in cages or kennels for lack of enough good homes. The solution is simple: sterilisation and adoption from the streets or shelters. Sterilising one female dog can prevent 67,000 births over six years, and sterilising one female cat can prevent 420,000 births over seven years.
Those who abuse animals often move on to harming other animals and humans. For everyone’s safety, it’s imperative that members of the public report cruelty to animals such as this one to the police.
