Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the incident in which a pet dog was tied to the back of a bike. West Perunkulam Price Villa Wilson Xavier was arrested by the Edakara police on Sunday morning. Wilson Xavier tied the dog to his bike on Perunkulam Road on Saturday afternoon. Wilson Xavier tied his pet dog to the back of his bike and brutally abused him. When the incident came to notice, the locals stopped the bike and rescued the dog.
Edakara police had registered a case against Wilson Xavier in the incident. The case was registered under the sections on cruelty to animals and torture. He told police the dog had been bitten by a shoe in front of the house. The dog, which sustained injuries all over its body, was later picked up by the rescue force from Nilambur.