The puppy that was killed when it was run over by Shailendra Pharkya

The secretary of a posh Thane society was arrested for running his car over a four-month-old puppy and killing it recently. He was later released on bail. Nidhi Sooraj Sawant, 38, an animal activist who lives in Westgate society, registered an FIR under Sections 279 (rash driving), 428 (mischief by killing or maiming animal), and 429 (killing, poisoning, maiming) of the IPC, at Kapurbawdi Police Station against the secretary of her building, Shailendra Pharkya, for killing the stray puppy. The brutal act, caught on the CCTV camera of the society, shows the accused's Mahindra XUV run over the puppy which was lying on a speed breaker.