Overview
- FIRs have been registered in Hanumakonda and Kamareddy, with police naming at least 15 accused including seven sarpanches.
- Complaints from the Stray Animal Foundation of India and activist Adulapuram Goutham triggered the investigations.
- According to police complaints, hired workers allegedly administered poisonous injections to the dogs before burying the bodies on village outskirts.
- Excavations have uncovered only a fraction of the alleged toll, and veterinary teams have sent viscera samples to the Forensic Science Laboratory.
- Those booked face charges under Section 11 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, with further action expected after forensic reports.