Barabanki, September 29: The police have registered an FIR against a resident of Barabanki in Uttar Pradesh who shot dead his neighbour's pet dog after it allegedly entered his house and ate his favourite mutton dish. The incident took place two days ago.

The accused, a lawyer by profession, has been booked under sections 307 (attempt to murder), 429 (mischief by killing or maiming cattle), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 504 (intentional insult) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), reported TOI. Dog Hanged to Death in Maharashtra Video: Man Mercilessly Kills Stray Canine for Damaging Tractor's Seat in Jalgaon, Disturbing Clips Emerges.

On Monday, Arvind Verma, who is in his mid-40s and lives in the city's Vijay Nagar locality, had just finished cooking a pot of his favourite mutton dish after which he went for a bath. The accused said his neighbour's pet dog sneaked into his house through the main gate left ajar and ate it all. An enraged Verma took his licensed gun and shot the dog dead. Maharashtra: Man Kills Pet Dog of Woman for Barking at Him in Aurangabad City.

The matter came to light after Kalpana Chaturvedi, a 30-year-old government schoolteacher, filed a complaint. She told police that Arvind used to object to her walking the dog every day and had even earlier threatened to kill it. She said that even on the day of the incident, she had gone out with the dog, when Arvind fired from his licensed gun with the intention of killing. The bullet hit the dog, killing the pet on the spot. "Even I could have been hit by the bullet," said Kalpana.

Barabanki Superintendent of Police Dinesh Kumar Singh said a postmortem on the dog's body has been conducted. He also added that the section of attempt to murder was invoked as the complainant had mentioned that the accused had tried to open fire on her too.

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