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Visakhapatnam: Police in Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam districts have registered a First Information Report (FIR) over the killing of a hen by biting off the bird’s head during a dance performance after a video went viral on social media.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India said that it worked with a local volunteer, Kotapalli Pramod Kumar, and police officials to get the FIR registered.
It took action after a video was circulated on social media, showing a person killing a hen by biting off the bird’s head using his teeth during a dance performance in full public view.
The FIR has been registered at Gopalapatnam Police Station against dance performer Ashok and organisers under sections 325, read with 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 and Section 11(1) of The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960.
The complainant told police that he received a video through WhatsApp showing a chicken’s head being ripped apart by the accused brutally using his teeth in full public view during a dance performance as part of a local festival in Kotthapalem.
