However, the police immediately registered an FIR in the case under cruelty towards animals of the Indian Penal Code. | Photo Credit: Thinkstock

Mumbai: In a shocking case reported from Thane district of Maharashtra, a 64-year-old man was arrested by police for allegedly throwing his neighbour's cat from the 15th floor of a high-rise building. The accused was identified as Shivram Panchal. He claimed that he was irked with the pet's presence in house hence he threw it from the balcony.

According to a report in Hindustan Times, the cat died on the spot and its owner Abdul Shaikh lodged a police complaint with the Kasarvadavli police station. The complainant lived on the second floor of the building.

The accused lived with his son, grandson and his daughter-in-law. The accused man's grandson often brought the cat home to play with it but the elderly man was irked with its presence and fur.

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Meanwhile, Nasir Kulkarni, a police inspector told the national daily, the family that owned the cat filed the complaint. The police checked the CCTV footage where it was clear that the accused in a rage threw her out of the balcony.

However, the police immediately registered an FIR in the case under cruelty towards animals of the Indian Penal Code. As he was a senior citizen, he immediately got the bail.

