The N M Joshi police have booked two people, including a 16-year-old, for allegedly dying the fur of stray dogs and selling them as purebreds. mid-day reported on Saturday that an animal rights NGO had written to MP Maneka Gandhi after fawn-coloured puppies given up for adoption were returned to them a dark brown shade.

The activists had discovered that the teenager had taken the puppies, dyed their fur and passed them off as purebreds. Swapna Gupta, who works with the NGO, had on Friday filed a police complaint suspecting a larger racket.