Kerala Congress (M) youth wing kill, hang stray dogs on pole

The Youth Front workers killed the dogs and paraded with their dead bodies in the Kottayam town on Monday.
They were protesting against the failure of authorities to tackle the growing stray dog menace.
Police have registered a case against 15 workers for cruelty against animals.

Youth Front men take out protest parade with carcasses of stray dogs

Kottayam, First Published Sep 27, 2016, 8:35 AM IST

In a shocking incident on Monday, the youth wing of Kerala Congress (M) killed, hung at least five stray dogs on a pole and marched to the Kottayam Municipality office.

The inhuman act was an attempt to protest against the failure of the authorities to tackle the growing stray dog menace in the town.

The government said that it will cull stray dogs after a 65-year-old Thiruvananthapuram woman died in August, rejecting Gandhi's opposition to the decision.

Photo Credit: Prasad

The 'messiahs' of the society demanded to send these bodies in a parcel to the Gandhi.

However, the corpses of the dogs were removed by the city corporation staff. These bodies will be

The police have registered a case against 15 party workers for cruelty against animals. and on Tuesday the bodies

On 16 September, Gils Periappuram, a Municipality ward councillor of Piravam in Ernakulam was arrested by the police for killing 10 stray dogs. He was later let off on bail.

Similar acts repeated when Panchayat representatives of Chengamanadu in Aluva killed 26 stray dogs.