<p>A medical student, who hurled a dog from a terrace, and his friend, who filmed the incident, were on Wednesday arrested after the shocking video went viral, drawing outrage.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The duo was soon released on bail, while the dog is now undergoing treatment and <br />recovering.<br /><br />“We arrested Gowtham Sudarshan and Ashish Pal on Wednesday and they were produced before Sriperumbudur Judicial Magistrate court,” Kundrathur Police Inspector Ruban said.<br /><br />“The duo was granted bail by the court,” he said.<br />The dog was taken to a veterinary hospital for treatment and is doing well, the police said.<br /><br />Sudarshan, a final year MBBS student of a private medical college, flung the <br />dog from the terrace of a building here and the act was video recorded by his friend.<br />After the video went viral, animal welfare activists, including Antony Clement Rubin and Jennifer Jacob, lodged a complaint with police which registered an FIR and launch-ed a search for them.<br /><br />The duo was booked for cruel treatment meted out to an animal under IPC sections 428 and 429 and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (Sec 11 (1-a). Subsequently, they were arrested on Wednesday.<br /><br />Rubin said the dog survived and was taken to a veterinary hospital. “It has suffered fractures in its front and rear legs. It is being treated.”<br /><br />“It is nothing short of a miracle that the dog survived,” he added.<br /><br /></p>
<p>A medical student, who hurled a dog from a terrace, and his friend, who filmed the incident, were on Wednesday arrested after the shocking video went viral, drawing outrage.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The duo was soon released on bail, while the dog is now undergoing treatment and <br />recovering.<br /><br />“We arrested Gowtham Sudarshan and Ashish Pal on Wednesday and they were produced before Sriperumbudur Judicial Magistrate court,” Kundrathur Police Inspector Ruban said.<br /><br />“The duo was granted bail by the court,” he said.<br />The dog was taken to a veterinary hospital for treatment and is doing well, the police said.<br /><br />Sudarshan, a final year MBBS student of a private medical college, flung the <br />dog from the terrace of a building here and the act was video recorded by his friend.<br />After the video went viral, animal welfare activists, including Antony Clement Rubin and Jennifer Jacob, lodged a complaint with police which registered an FIR and launch-ed a search for them.<br /><br />The duo was booked for cruel treatment meted out to an animal under IPC sections 428 and 429 and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (Sec 11 (1-a). Subsequently, they were arrested on Wednesday.<br /><br />Rubin said the dog survived and was taken to a veterinary hospital. “It has suffered fractures in its front and rear legs. It is being treated.”<br /><br />“It is nothing short of a miracle that the dog survived,” he added.<br /><br /></p>