Following a complaint filed with the local police by animal activist Vijay Rangare with the help of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India, a First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against a man for allegedly raping a female stray dog in Kharghar.

PETA India worked with the Commissioner of Police, Navi Mumbai and Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone II, Panvel and the Kharghar police station's Senior Police Inspector to help register the FIR under Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, which states the rape of an animal by a human as a crime that carries a jail term of up to 10 years. The accused was arrested last evening by the police.