4 detained over killing of 14 stray dogs in Kandivali

Mumbai's animal lovers remained in mourning on Monday even as police worked overtime to narrow down on the killers of 14 stray dogs whose carcasses were recovered on November 9 in Kandivali West.

As per sources, four suspects have been detained so far, a development confirmed by an activist who claimed to be aware of the progress in the probe.

While the final post-mortem report of the carcasses was awaited, police sources confirmed the use of sharp-edged weapons to chop the stray dogs' bodies into pieces.

Food poisoning before the gory crime has also not been ruled out yet. The police have scanned the footage of CCTV cameras around the Mangalmay Tower in Sai Nagar but the effort has not yielded much information about the movement of stray dogs on the day of the incident, sources said.