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The Hoshangabad police in Madhya Pradesh have decided to conduct a DNA test of a Labrador, in order to settle a dispute over its ownership between a journalist and an Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) leader.
The journalist, identified as Shadab Khan of Golden Silicon colony, had registered a police complaint in August, stating that his three-year-old black Labrador dog, named Tiger, had gone missing.
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Recently, he traced the dog to the house of Kartik Shivhare, an ABVP leader, in Malakhedi area of the city. He went to Shivhare’s house to take the dog, but the latter resisted, claiming that he was the canine’s human and its name was Kallu. Following this, police were called, according to a report by The Times of India.
Khan claimed that he bought the dog from Pachmarhi in 2017, while Shivhare said he got it from an Itarsi-based breeder a few weeks back. Police, on Friday, took the dog in their custody. They collected its blood samples on Saturday for a DNA test to verify its parentage, and through that, its genuine owner.
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Meanwhile, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has accused the police of not taking care of the dog properly.
“The dog fell ill because the police didn’t take care of him. He is suffering from high fever. We want an FIR to be registered against the police and the person who made the false ownership claim under the sections of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act,” a Hindustan Times report quoted, Swati Gaurav Bhadoriya, a PETA activist, as saying.
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Police said investigations into the matter are underway, and the dog will be handed over to its rightful owner after the DNA test report comes in.