Overview

• The severed head of an animal suspected to be a buffalo was discovered in a dustbin in Thane’s Hajuri locality on Sunday night.
• Locals and activists from Hindu organisations gathered at the scene and staged protests demanding immediate police action.
• Wagle Estate police registered an FIR under sections 299, 302 and 325 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and provisions of the Maharashtra Animal Preservation Act-1976.
• Samples of the carcass have been sent to a laboratory for analysis and a veterinary doctor conducted a preliminary verification at the site.
• No arrests have been made so far as authorities await forensic findings to determine the species and motive.