<p>Suspected rabbit hunters killed a pet cat near a gated community in Sarjapur, Southeast Bengaluru, on Saturday night, police said. </p>.<p>When the residents of Skylite Vesta Villas rushed to check after hearing the gunshot around 11.30 pm, they saw a few men scurrying around. One of them was carrying a double-barrelled gun.</p>.<p>When asked, the men told the residents that they were hunting for hunters. </p>.<p>The residents presumed everything was fine and didn’t call the police. But on Sunday morning, they found that a pet cat belonging to Abraham, a software engineer living in the gated community, had been shot dead. The residents suspect that the hunters shot dead the cat mistaking it for a rabbit. </p>.<p>Abraham has filed a complaint with Sarjapur police who have taken up a case and are looking out for the rabbit hunters. The carcass was subjected to a post-mortem. </p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Hunters may be from TN</strong></p>.<p>“If only the residents had alerted us in the night, we would have caught the hunters red-handed,” said an officer who’s part of the investigation. Police suspect that the rabbit hunters came from Tamil Nadu, whose border with Karnataka is close to Sarjapur. </p>.<p>Police scotched speculations that a neighbour of Abraham’s who was disturbed by the cat was behind the killing. </p>
<p>Suspected rabbit hunters killed a pet cat near a gated community in Sarjapur, Southeast Bengaluru, on Saturday night, police said. </p>.<p>When the residents of Skylite Vesta Villas rushed to check after hearing the gunshot around 11.30 pm, they saw a few men scurrying around. One of them was carrying a double-barrelled gun.</p>.<p>When asked, the men told the residents that they were hunting for hunters. </p>.<p>The residents presumed everything was fine and didn’t call the police. But on Sunday morning, they found that a pet cat belonging to Abraham, a software engineer living in the gated community, had been shot dead. The residents suspect that the hunters shot dead the cat mistaking it for a rabbit. </p>.<p>Abraham has filed a complaint with Sarjapur police who have taken up a case and are looking out for the rabbit hunters. The carcass was subjected to a post-mortem. </p>.<p class="CrossHead"><strong>Hunters may be from TN</strong></p>.<p>“If only the residents had alerted us in the night, we would have caught the hunters red-handed,” said an officer who’s part of the investigation. Police suspect that the rabbit hunters came from Tamil Nadu, whose border with Karnataka is close to Sarjapur. </p>.<p>Police scotched speculations that a neighbour of Abraham’s who was disturbed by the cat was behind the killing. </p>
