India, Aug. 23 -- Protests broke out at the Animal Birth Control (ABC) centre in north Delhi's Rohini Sector 27 late on Friday night after dog activists and locals alleged inhumane treatment of captured stray dogs.

Multiple videos were widely shared on social media showing police using lathis to control and disperse protestors, who were demanding entry into the ABC centre to gather proof of the alleged treatment of strays brought in for sterilisation. A few protestors were also forcefully removed from the site and taken into police custody.

Jiya Saklani, an activist who was part of the protest - which continued till around 4 am - said multiple dogs were captured and taken to the MCD centre soon after the Supreme Court's revised order on...