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| Indian politician arrested for attacking police horse |
| 2016-03-20 |
[DAWN] DEHRADUN: An Indian politician was locked awayKeep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! on Friday on suspicion of attacking a police horse whose injuries led to a leg amputation, with the animal becoming a tool in a fierce battle between rival parties. Police said Ganesh Joshi, from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was remanded in jug for two weeks on charges of cruelty to the horse, which was injured during a party protest in the northern state of Uttarakhand on Monday. A BJP party worker who was caught on camera pulling a police officer down from the animal has also been arrested. Indian celebrities have condemned the alleged attack on the horse, called Shaktiman, which was fitted with a prosthetic leg late on Thursday after having its limb amputated due to gangrene. "Paperwork was started but nothing else was done against Joshi on Monday night. This morning he was arrested and produced in the court," said local police inspector Sanjay Gunjyal. "He has now been sent to 14 days of judicial custody," he added. The Uttarakhand government, run by the rival Congress party, has spared no expense in treating the horse since the incident, with the creature becoming a cause celebre in the state. Shaktiman has been treated to repeated visits from the state’s chief minister and an American veterinary surgeon was reportedly flown in from Bhutan to provide treatment, in what some critics see as a case of political point-scoring. Phiroze Khambatta, a vet who was part of the team treating Shaktiman, said that horses with such injuries would normally be put down. "Prosthetic limbs are fitted on horses weighing 200-300 kilograms, but Shaktiman weighs 400kg. We can’t predict how he will recover," Khambatta told the Times of India newspaper. |
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