A 62-year-old woman and her 19-year-old son have alleged that the residents of their building in Vikhroli East have been hounding them out of their flat over their sickly dog. They had just shifted to the rented flat, as they had to sell their own house for the treatment of the woman's husband. They alleged that the society members are harassing them claiming that their pet stinks.

The society members have, however, said the pet, who is unwell, is a potential threat to the spread of infection and all the neighbours on the floor are troubled by the stink.