Hot coal tar was poured over the body of a dog while Agra's Fatehabad road was being constructed on Tuesday night. Residents allege the dog was alive. According to them, the animal was howling in pain but the construction workers ignored it and continued laying the road.
One report suggested that the workers couldn't see the dog as they were working at night and it was dark.
"A fresh layer of coal tar was being laid on the road from Phool Sayyed crossing towards the Circuit House and the Taj Mahal. A dog was sleeping on one side of the road. Instead of chasing the animal or removing it physically, burning coal tar was poured over it. Later, a road roller crushed the animal. The body has now disappeared," social activist Naresh Paras told PTI.
The dog was dug out for burying.
"I felt really bad and I wanted to bury the dog, so we got the dog's body dug out," he said.
"I also wanted that road construction workers get a lesson so that they don't do this again, so I filed a complaint against the construction company," Mr Parashar told ANI.
A Public Works Department engineer, Naresh Kumar, said the construction company, RP Infraventure Private Limited, would be sent notice as a warning.
Following the report, social activists and dog lovers vented their anger on social media.
The photographs of the half-buried dog were shared on social media early today. Angry comments from social activists and dog lovers prompted Agra's Sadar police department to register an FIR against unknown persons.
Senior journalist Sunayan Chaturvedi said "(it was) an act that shames humanity."
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