Mangaluru: Police have arrested one of the two accused who were seen dragging a dog on the road by tying its two legs to the rear of their motorbike.

The incident occurred on April 15 near NITK Suratkal and came to light only on Thursday.

The incident has been recorded by a youth near NITK college at Surathkal and a case stands registered at Surathkal police station by the Animal Care Trust.

The youth who recorded the video was afraid to upload it on social media or make it public. However, he gave the video to Animal Care Trust and they arrested one man after identifying him through CCTV footage within a few hours of registering an FIR.

The arrested accused revealed that the dog had been taken away for burial because it was dead.

DCP (Law and Order) Hariram Shankar told that both the accused have been identified. “We have arrested a person in this regard,” he said. Recently, similar incident of animal cruelty had occured in Kerala.