Overview
- Police in Hanumakonda registered cases after a complaint alleged around 300 stray dogs were killed in Shayampet and Arepally between January 6 and 8.
- The FIR names nine accused, including the two sarpanches and their husbands, a deputy sarpanch, two village secretaries, and two daily-wage labourers.
- Activists Adulapuram Goutham and Farzana Begum reported that two hired individuals administered lethal injections before the carcasses were buried on the outskirts.
- Cases were filed under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act at Shyampet police station, and forensic and veterinary examinations are underway.
- Animal-welfare groups are urging sterilisation and vaccination programs, while some village elders claim the action reflected public pressure during sarpanch elections.