'Won't spare people who murdered Tommy'

A staff member at Sai Malhar in MIDC sent of TommyTwo months after a Navi Mumbaibased vegetable exporter lodged a complaint against two people including a doctor for killing his pet dog and cheating him out of his money the police have finally registered a FIR against the duoThe complainant Uday Raul 36 exports chilli to Dubai and other states within the country Because Raul shuttles between cities as part of his job owning a dog had been the last thing on his mind However around three years ago when he was driving to Tarapur Boisar for work he happened to come across a onemonthold abandoned pup on the roadUday Raul on WhatsAppI was going to meet some farmers when I found him He looked weak hungry and tired While I had no intentions of keeping him I eventually decided to look after him and ensure he received timely treatment recalled RaulFinding the dog a homeThe stray dog whom he named Tommy has been living with him ever since However recently he had to visit Dubai to meet a client Since he was going to be away for an extended period of time he decided to keep the pet at a doglodging centre for a year Uday Raul with his petA common friend suggested that he keep his pet at Sai Malhar a care home for pets in MIDC Following the recommendation he met up with Dr Deepak Khot who runs the centre They told him that they charged R3000 per month Raul agreed to the said amount and also signed a few advance cheques stating that they could withdraw it on the fifth of every monthHe was then introduced to a person named Devesh Dakat who was tasked with the job of looking after the petsA photo of Tommy taken three years agoIn his complaint Raul said that he told Dakat that he would give him an additional amount of R500 per month to look after his pet He also requested Dakat to WhatsApp him photos of his pet regularly The big conIn May this year Raul left for Dubai after handing over Tommy to Dr Khot and his teamPhotographs that Devesh DakatIn the beginning Dakat as promised sent him photos of Tommy from time to time and updated him about his health However suddenly after a few days the messages stopped coming When Raul called Dakat and enquired about his pet the latter said that he was unable to send photos as the Internet on his phone wasnt working This continued for a few days Sensing something amiss Raul asked his sister to visit the centre and check on Tommy But when she visited the centre on June 6 she was told that the pet had died a few days earlier on June 1 and that he had already been buried The news came as a huge shock because nobody from the centre had even bothered to inform me about Tommys death Also if Tommy had died why did they deposit my cheque on June 5 I wanted justice for my pet asked RaulWhen Raul returned to India in June he decided to visit the centre As evidence Raul showed them the last photograph that Dakat had sent of Tommy where the pet had been kept in a cage However neither Dr Khot nor Dakat were forthcoming with a response as to why they had caged the pet or the reason behind his deathHe then went ahead and filed a complaint against the duo at the New Panvel police station for killing his pet In his complaint he also claimed that while the doctor was running the dog care centre he had asked Raul to write the cheques in his wifes name insteadAfter two months of investigation the police registered an FIR against Dr Khot and Devesh under Section 428 mischief by killing or maiming animal of the value of ten rupees of the Indian Penal Code this week Investigations are still on said a police officialWhen contacted Dr Khot said Raul is a pet lover and we respect his feelings but the allegations are baseless The day he died there was heavy rain and lightning in the night Scared the dog started biting the cage which caused excessive bleeding When my staff arrived at the centre in the morning he was already dead We also tried contacting Raul but could not get through him