5 boys ‘burn’ puppies in Hyderabad, sent for counselling

HYDERABAD: Police have sent five minor boys for counselling after they burnt three stray puppies alive at Musheerabad. The incident came to light when a video of the act, recorded by the boys themselves, went viral on social media. The video shows the boys playing with the puppies for sometime before they started a fire with leaves and hurled the animals one by one into it. The video has also recorded the cries of the baby animals. A case has been filed under IPC Section 429, and other relevant sections of Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, the police said.