Six people—including a woman—were charged with carrying out a cat's final rites at a crematorium in Mira Bhayander, Maharashtra's Thane district. The cremation of the feline animal was conducted where human remains were burned to ashes, a police official said. 

According to the PTI report, based on a complaint from representatives of the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC), the case was filed on Wednesday under section 297 (trespassing on burial places) of the Indian Penal Code. However, as of Thursday, no one had been taken into custody in connection with the matter, the report added.