Delhi animal rights activist thrashed for rescuing stray dogs

Members of an animal shelter alleged that they were brutally assaulted by locals in Delhi's Rani Bagh area when they had gone there to rescue stray dogs.

 Ayesha Christina, who runs an NGO called 'Neighborhood Woof' in Delhi, has claimed that she along with her three other NGO staff members of the organisation were helping local street dogs when residents attacked them.

A badly wounded Ayesha has even narrated the whole incident in a video she shot at the Azadpur Police Station in Delhi.

In the video, she went on to show how her colleagues - Vipin, Abhishek, Deepak - were also attacked.

"I am standing at Azadpur Police Station. We have just been beaten up while catching dogs. Someone came and spoke to our staff badly. We are supposed to shut up and take this nonsense all the time. When we decided to stand up, and for our voices to be heard, this is what is done to us," Ayesha highlighting her face covered with blood in the video.

The police officials also informed that when the people from the NGO tried to flee from the spot in their car, 3 local residents were hit by their car, inflicting some minor injuries.

It is to be mentioned a case was filed under sections 323(punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) , 341 (punishment for wrongful restraint), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation)and 427 of the IPC against some locals of the area on the basis of a complaint lodged by the woman.

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