An Indian news outlet OpIndia explains that a man named Yusuf was arrested for tying a dog to his car, leading it at a high rate of speed for miles until it collapsed of exhaustion, and then abandoning it in the wild. The man said the dog was “creating problems” along with other stray dogs in the area.
Someone named Akhil recorded the incident and it has since gone viral. Yusuf said to Akhil, “What is your problem if the dog dies?” when confronted about the situation, and he then let the dog go.
The injured dog was then found and brought to a veterinary facility for treatment. Luckily the dog did not seem to receive serious injuries from being dragged since the man stopped the car soon after the dog collapsed.
An eye witness said, “It was a horrific scene. A rope was tied around the neck of the dog and it was being brutally dragged along the road.” He informed the animal rights organization DAYA about the incident, which then filed a police complaint against Yusuf, who was arrested.
Dogs in Islam are considered to be “unclean,” so they are often tortured and killed in Islamic societies.
