The owner of a butcher shop slashed a stray dog to death on Monday after he spotted her eating chicken waste that he had thrown on the road. The police have arrested the accused, identified as Irshad Qureshi, 20, under the Cruelty to Animals Act after an eyewitness called the police control room.

The incident took place in the Veet Bhatti area of Goregaon East, when the dog who had recently delivered puppies, was looking for food near Pakiza Mutton Shop. While she was trying to grab the pieces of chicken waste, the butcher spotted her and in a fit of anger attacked her with the knife he was carrying.