The video of the incident extensively circulated on social media led to criticism of the artist.
Itanagar:
Arunachal Pradesh Police registered an FIR towards artist Kon Waii Son for publicly killing a rooster by slitting its throat after which consuming the fowl’s blood throughout a latest efficiency in Itanagar, officers stated on Tuesday.
Police officers stated that the FIR has been registered underneath the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, and The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act, 1960, towards Kon Waii Son.
Kon Waii Son, who hails from Seppa in Arunachal Pradesh’s East Kameng district, is a songwriter, composer, and musician.
Following the killing of the rooster and consuming of its blood, police filed the FIR on the Itanagar Police Station on Monday towards Kon Waii Son based mostly on a grievance made by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), India.
Controversy extensively erupted in Itanagar after the artist killed the rooster and drank its blood throughout a efficiency on October 28.
The video of the incident extensively circulated on social media led to criticism of the artist.
PETA India recommends that perpetrators of animal abuse bear psychiatric analysis and obtain counselling, as abusing animals signifies a deep psychological disturbance.
Research reveals that individuals who commit acts of cruelty to animals are sometimes repeat offenders who transfer on to hurting different animals, even people, PETA India stated in a press release.
A research revealed in Forensic Research & Criminology International Journal states, “Those who have interaction in cruelty to animals have been 3 times extra prone to commit different crimes, together with homicide, rape, theft, assault, harassment, threats, and drug/substance abuse.”
In a proposal despatched to the Central authorities concerning an modification to the PCA Act, PETA India has really helpful considerably rising penalties for cruelty to animals.
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