Four committee members of a housing society have been booked by Bhayandar police for allegedly torturing and harassing a stray dog living in the society and a resident who fed the canine. The complainant, Sandhya Mehta, alleged that other residents of the building would hit or instigate the strays, threw their feeding bowls, and even levied fine from her for feeding them.

The FIR filed on February 8 has charged the four accused—Rajendra Jain (secretary), Himanshu Shah, Arvind Patel and Tejas Mehta (treasurer)—under sections 506 (criminal intimidation), 429 (mischief by killing animal), 34 (common intention) of Indian Penal Code and section 11 of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.