India, Aug. 13 -- New Delhi

Protests continued for a second consecutive day against the Supreme Court order to move stray dogs across Delhi-NCR to shelters within eight weeks, with hundreds gathering at Connaught Place on Tuesday evening, raising slogans against the Supreme Court directive and calling for its reversal.

Protests started around 4pm near the Hanuman temple and continued for an hour, before police dispersed them and detained several protesters in buses.

Protesters, meanwhile, alleged police brutality and said that a police officer could be seen slapping a protester in a video. HT could not independently verify the authenticity of the video.

Deputy commissioner of police (New Delhi) Devesh Kumar Mahla did not respond to ca...