MLA Ganesh Joshi arrested for the attack on horse ’Shakthimaan’

Mangalore Today News Network

Lucknow, Mar 18, 2016: Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Ganesh Joshi, who is accused of allegedly attacking horse ’Shaktimaan’ during a protest by his party workers, was on Friday arrested by the Dehradun police.

 

New agency ANI reported that BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi, accused of attacking ’Shaktiman’ during BJP protest, was arrested in Dehradun.

Joshi, who had repeatedly denied attacking the horse, had on Thursday visited the stable to see the injured police horse.

Mussoorie MLA Joshi had earlier been booked for beating the police horse with a stick during the party’s protest on March 14.

Under fire, the legislator insisted that he had not inflicted injury on the horse, and that it had gone out of control during the protests and one of its hind legs got stuck in a hole dug up to put up the barricades, injuring it.

The beast underwent a surgical procedure yesterday to fix one of its hind legs.

People for Animals (PFA) Uttarakhand member Gauri Maulekhi had demanded that the BJP MP should be arrested and expelled from the party.

’Shaktiman’, a well-trained horse which was part of Uttarakhand Mounted Police for years, was allegedly attacked by Joshi during the march. The animal suffered fractures in one of his hind legs during the protest.

An FIR was lodged at Nehru Colony Police Station against Joshi and his associates.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat had also expressed concern over the horse’s condition.