NEW DELHI, April 21 -- In New Delhi at Jantar Mantar on Sunday, 20th April, citizens gathered in rising anger and urgency. Posters of limping dogs, pictures of mangled bodies and a word many couldn't even say aloud, rape - hung on placards held by people whose only demand was this: treat animals like lives, not pests.

the horrifying rape of 13 stray dogs across the city, including one case where a man, identified as Naushad, was caught on video sexually assaulting a dog. The footage, widely shared on X, shows locals confronting him, asking, "How many dogs did you rape?" as he is handed over to the police.

The accused was reportedly working with an animal NGO as a supplier. The same NGO filed the complaint against him. Police have confir...