Hyderabad: Young boys burnt alive three puppies in Hyderabad. (Source: CNN News18) Hyderabad: Young boys burnt alive three puppies in Hyderabad. (Source: CNN News18)

In yet another dastardly attack on dogs, five minor boys have been sent for counseling by police after they burnt three stray dog puppies alive in Pathanwadi area of Musheerabad in Hyderabad on Wednesday.

The boys also video recorded the shocking incident as the days-old puppies tried to crawl out of the fire that they set off using leaves and garbage.

From the video it appears that the boys played with the pups for sometime in the afternoon and then started a fire for fun. Then the boys dragged the three pups by their tails and hurled them into the fire. The blood-curling cries of the puppies could be heard in the video which someone uploaded on Facebook.

The boys took turns using sticks to push back the crawling puppies back into the fire, and watched them burn alive.

Animal lovers and activists who watched the video lodged a complaint at Mushreerabad Police Station. An official said that the five were minors and they were sent for counselling.

This development comes weeks after two final year MBBS students threw a dog from the terrace of a three-storey building. The incident was first reported after students uploaded the video footage on social media and it went viral.

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The Chennai Police arrested both the accused final year MBBS students Gowtham Sudarshan and Ashish Paul. They were produced before the Sriperumbudur Judicial Magistrate court and were granted bail. The accused were charged under Section 428 and 429 of the IPC, besides the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, according to a police officer at Kundrathur police station, 30 km from Chennai.

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