India, March 21 -- On the heels of the killing of a stray dog in Lokhandwala, Andheri, in the wee hours of Sunday, a campaign has erupted on ground and online, calling for justice for the animal. The dog called Jai, along with his brother Veeru, was taken care of from 2020 by the residents of a building in Lokhandwala. "We considered him our child," said actor Sudhanshu Pandey, who was one of the first people to see Jai dead on Sunday morning, lying in a pool of blood. "We are heartbroken. His brother too is scared and hasn't been eating since then."

Another resident and dog carer, Shivani Sharma, then went and registered an FIR with the Amboli police. As per the FIR, the dog ran after a girl, the daughter of the accused on Saturday nigh...