The man who brutalised a stray dog has been arrested and will be produced before court on Monday, said Powai police on Sunday. According to an officer, the man, aged between 35 and 40, confessed to committing the heinous act.

Considering the seriousness of the incident in which a foot-long stick was inserted inside the private part of Noorie, the dog, the police searched dozens of CCTV camera footage from the area. And on Saturday, they detained two suspects and during questioning, one of them — a worker at a Bengali sweet shop — confessed.