Residents of a building in Naya Nagar, Mira Road, were shocked recently by an act of extreme cruelty by a neighbour. The person, Siddhesh Patel, 22, who had become fed-up with a two-and-a-half-month-old kitten, had flung it into a fire . The kitten was taken to a veterinarian by animal lovers , and an FIR has been registered against Patel. While the FIR was filed on May 2, the offence took place on April 28, the police said.

The CCTV camera inside Ajmal Rama Co-op Housing Society in Mira Road East captured footage of the incident where Patel is seen throwing the kitten into the fire and walking away. In the background, the kitten can be seen jumping out of the fire after a while and another cat, believed to be its mother, running towards it.