A shocking case of animal cruelty has emerged online, showing a group of youths harassing a horse during a wedding procession. It filmed a man performing push-ups on the animal while making it to smoke a cigarette. A video caught them on camera and showed the horse made to lie on the ground and forcibly smoke as the miscreants abused it during their celebration.
In the video, uploaded by Instagram user 'Its Jeenwal Shab', a man was seen climbing on the horse with his boots and doing push-ups on its body. The footage recorded animal cruelty at the wedding celebration where people dragged and encouraged each other to perform push-ups on the horse. The lying animal helplessly became a victim of the wedding guests' cruel actions.
Visuals surface
The footage showed an active cigarette pinned at the horse's mouth. The animal was forced to smoke lying down on the ground. None of the guests at the wedding display questioned the actions of the miscreant youths. They all 'enjoyed' dancing and mistreating the animal.
Internet demands action
As the video was posted online, netizens slammed the act and demanded strict action against the culprits. The clip is being reshared by multiple activists and animal lovers, questioning the disrespectful act of stepping on the horse's body to perform push-ups while making the animal engage in a cigarette.
As of Monday, there are no reports of police action in this case. However, animal lovers are raising their voices to demand justice for the horse and punishment for the culprits. Indian actresses Karishma K Tanna and Tinaa Dattaa were among those who commented the disturbing incident. "My blood is boiling. Only if I had the powers", the 'Scoop' actress wrote. "This is wrong", Dattaa added.
People tagged PETA India to look into the matter.
Instagram user behind this cruel reel
The Instagrammer was identified as Jeenwal Shab.
He has deleted the reel after a massive outrage on social media.
Recent stories shared by the man show him posing at one of the popular tourist attractions in Solan, Himachal Pradesh - Chail Stone Temple. It is, thus, believed that Jeenwal is either a resident of the area or he visited it during the wedding celebration there.