Bengaluru: The Karnataka Police has registered a case against three men after an alleged video of them abusing a dog went viral. The dog was beaten with wooden canes by the three men for barking at them.

The video of the incident was caught on camera. Girigappa, the pet owner, filed a police complaint accusing three persons of beating up his dog. In his complaint, he has named three persons, Rahul, Rohit and Rajat.

A FIR was filed after the miscreants broke into Girigappa’s house in Manjunath layout near Bhattarahalli and beat the dog.

The dog has been taken to a veterinarian hospital by the pet owner for further treatment.

Three men were seen using sticks to beat the dog in the video, yelling at those who tried to intervene. The three men have been booked under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1960.