Indore Rural Police Register FIR for Cruel Capture and Relocation of Over Forty Dogs from a Residential Colony, Following PETA India Intervention
Following reports from a community animal feeder and corroborating videos that more than forty community dogs and puppies were cruelly caught and stuffed into garbage vans by a group of catchers reportedly hired by colony residents before being relocated from Samarth Park Colony, Kishanganj, Indore—PETA India, worked with local activists Niraj Duberiya and Priyanshu Jain of People For Animals (PFA) Indore to file a complaint at the Kishanganj police station. A first information report (FIR) was registered under Section 325 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, against the garbage van owner and others involved. The accused, identified through CCTV footage, have been called in for questioning. Police have begun investigating to locate where the dogs were dumped or whether they are still alive.
The absence of effective animal birth control programs results in an increase in the community dog population, which in turn contributes to a rise in cases of cruelty to these animals. We urge local municipal bodies to promptly implement humane animal birth control as required by law. We commend Indore Rural police, especially Inspector General of Police, Indore Rural, Shri Chandrashekhar Solanki, IPS; Superintendent of Police, Indore Rural, Smt Yangchen Dolkar Bhutia, IPS; and the Officer In-charge, Kishanganj police station, Shri Kuldeep Khatri, for sending a 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 order dated 22 August 2025, 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 notes that 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. 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.
