Overview

• The decomposed carcass of a pet Labrador was found in a Mahadevapura flat days after neighbours reported a foul odour.
• An FIR was lodged under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and multiple Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions at Mahadevapura Police Station.
• Civic officers rescued two surviving Labradors tied in the apartment and sent them for treatment at a BBMP veterinary hospital.
• Triparna Paik, originally from West Bengal, resisted entry and threatened suicide when officials first arrived and remains at large.
• Officials discovered Sri Yantra drawings and religious items at the scene, fueling a ritualistic motive inquiry.