Gurgaon Family Feeding Strays Held 'Hostage' By Neighbours After Increase In Dog-Bite Cases
A family from Gurugram was allegedly blocked from entering their house by angry neighbors for feeding stray dogs in the area.
Caring for those around us is not an easy task, especially if it involves strays. Every so often such people do run into others who do not share the same enthusiasm for stray animals and such incidents can turn ugly.
In one such incident, a family from Gurugram was allegedly blocked from entering their house by angry neighbors for feeding stray dogs in the area.
The incident was reported from Sector 83 of Gurugram on Monday night.
RWA at Vatika G21 Sector 83 terrorizing an innocent family including a 3 year old child for feeding a dog. They've been held hostage in their car for 2+ hours now due to violence and vandalism. Please help @Manekagandhibjp @gurgaonpolice pic.twitter.com/iWCgehzhfi
¡ª Paws for a Cause: NCR Adoptions (@pfacncr) March 1, 2021
The neighbours of the family were angry for feeding the canines as one of them bit a man recently.
They alleged that strays have bitten children several times and so they decided to protest.
@gurgaonpolice why are you relocating 2 dogs from Sector 83, Vatika g21 ? Don't you know relocating vaccinated and sterilised dog's is an illegal activity and is a contempt of supreme court order ? Don't you know the law or you have been bribed by some high class idiots ? ? pic.twitter.com/VxRWDphOOi
¡ª Pragati Khanna ?? (@Pragati4Animals) March 2, 2021
In videos posted online, the nighbours can be seen surrounding the family's car even in the presence of police.
They can be heard chanting slogans asking the families to throw out the dogs.
Residents of a society in Gurugram protesting against a family for feeding street dogs inside the society. They allege that dog bite incidents has increased in the society. Cops trying to control the situation. @ndtv@tweetndmc ????? NDMC ??????? ???????? ?? ??? ???? ???? ????l pic.twitter.com/VsaY3XGFLj
¡ª RWAPalikamilan (@palikamilan) March 2, 2021
The man identified as Sumit Singla, whose car was surrounded, in a purported video alleged that "some goons and Resident Welfare Association (RWA)" tried to attack his 3-year-old daughter after surrounding his car.
"A mob of at least 100 people tried to prevent us from entering our home. The man who led the mob has accused me of black magic ritual. A couple from the mob also made threatening gesture towards my wife and daughter. They pushed my wife around and tried to attack the baby," Singla alleged a video.
Bobins Abraham is the Assistant News Editor at Indiatimes. He has more than twelve years of experience in TV and digital journalism. An avid student of history and geopolitics, he is a conservationist and environmentalist at heart. He writes on environment, sustainability, human-animal conflict and more.
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