Overview

• On July 17 in Mankhurd’s PMGP MHADA Colony, pit bull owner Mohammad Sohail Hasan deliberately set his dog on 11-year-old Hamza inside a parked auto-rickshaw
• Video footage shows Hasan laughing as the dog bit the boy’s chin and bystanders recorded the attack without intervening
• Mankhurd police arrested Hasan on Friday and registered a case for negligent abandonment, causing simple hurt and harm with a dangerous animal
• Hasan was released after receiving a formal notice under section 35(3) of the BNS and police have launched further investigations in response to outrage
• The incident has renewed scrutiny of enforcement gaps in India’s 2023 ban on ‘ferocious’ breeds and intensified calls for greater owner accountability and public safety controls