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Pictures and videos of Noorie, a nine-year-old stray dog, on Instagram today show her posing cutely, eating bowls of dog-safe ice cream and snuggling up under a cosy blanket. Her baby pink collar matches her nose and her cream-coloured, short fur perfectly.<\/p>\n

However, a little over two weeks ago, Noorie was found whimpering and in a devastating state, lying in a pool of her own blood near Galleria Mall in Powai, Mumbai. She had been raped and assaulted with an 11-inch wooden stick, which was shoved inside her vaginal canal.<\/p>\n

The damage done to her internal organs because of the stick was immense, and yet, it was still a couple of days before residents of the area discovered her trauma. Here is how selfless compassion saved Noorie and brought the culprit to justice.<\/p>\n

First Responders For Noorie<\/h2>\n
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It was during Durga Puja, on the evening of October 22, when a disturbing video was sent to Devi Sheth, a resident of Powai.<\/p>\n

Speaking to The Better India, Devi says the residents have divided the area into sections to take care of the strays. \u201cThere are six to seven people, including my mother, who take care of feeding nearly 40 dogs in their section,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

The video sent by a passerby showed Noorie lying \u201clistless in a pool of her own blood\u201d. Devi, along with her mother, Minnu Sheth, immediately rushed to the dog\u2019s aid. \u201cInitially we thought it was a hit-and-run case, but after I cleaned her up, I realised there was no external wound and that she was bleeding from her vagina,\u201d she adds. Devi then took Noori to the World For All (WFA) Centre for urgent treatment.<\/p>\n

A couple of days before the incident being reported, Paramita Banerjee, another resident of Powai, who has been in charge of feeding Noorie for four and a half years now, noticed that she wasn\u2019t eating properly.<\/p>\n

\u201cNoorie is a fussy eater. Every time I have to feed her I have to call her endearing names like \u2018my Noorie\u2019, \u2018my Poonam Dhillon\u2019 (a reference to the lead actress of the 1979 Bollywood film titled Noorie), and only then will she eat,\u201d says Paramita, explaining why her absence of appetite wasn\u2019t too much of a worry at first.<\/p>\n

She explains, \u201cNoorie is famous for taking her own sweet time to come when called for food being served. She needs that extra nudge and often would place her head on my lap and wait for a few pets before eating.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was later discovered that the incident occurred the previous Sunday, October 18, at night inside the mall. The first few days after the incident, Noorie seemed fine, but after that, her condition deteriorated as she wasn\u2019t eating. Meanwhile, her buddy Kalu, a black-and-white pariah, had also been missing since Sunday itself,\u201d says Devi, adding that the two are usually inseparable. Kalu, often being protective of Noorie, is suspected of having been driven away by the accused Sambhunath Pradhan, a Bengali sweet shop worker, who Devi says, lived inside the mall.<\/p>\n

The incident<\/h2>\n
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Much to the horror of the WFA veterinarian examining Noorie, Dr Akshata Gulvady found an 11-inch wooden stick barbarically shoved into the dog\u2019s vagina. Taronish Bulsara, 33, who founded WFA a decade ago, called Devi to inform her of Noorie\u2019s rape and that they will need to file a First Information Report (FIR).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Noorie had to be rushed into surgery with Dr Akshata and her team of three vets, one para vet and the rest of the medical staff at WFA. \u201cThe operation went on from 11 pm till 4.30 am the next morning. At one point during the surgery, Noorie\u2019s heart stopped beating, and she stopped breathing due to blood loss. They had to make use of body staples, which we don\u2019t generally use for animals but in this emergency case we had to do so to stop the bleeding,\u201d says Taronish.<\/p>\n

When Devi and the residents were informed of Noorie\u2019s assault, they contacted Bombay Animal Rights (BAR), an organisation that is actively involved in animal rights. \u201cAt around 10.30 pm we reached Powai police station to file an FIR. A lot of the times, the police stations are not abreast with animal laws of the country, and so we take an old FIR of a similar case for their reference,\u201d says Vijay Kishore Mohanani, 45, who started BAR two years ago after the rape of a dog named Bindu.<\/p>\n

However, Vijay adds that the police were very cooperative and prompt in handling the case.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe police were extra helpful and cooperative. They even managed to conduct a spot panchnama, a process during the initial investigation of revisiting the crime scene to take note of the CCTV cameras, etc., on the same night. We wrapped up with the police formalities at 4.30-5 am,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Senior inspector Dilip Dhamunse, who took cognisance of the case, confirmed during the panchnama that the stick used to assault Noorie was taken from \u201ca furniture store in the mall that had a lot of wooden sticks, similar to the one inserted into the dog, lying around\u201d.<\/p>\n

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On her daily trips to feed the dogs, Paramita was informed by the mall security guard that a man would take the dogs for a walk. \u201cWho takes stray dogs for a walk?\u201d she wondered.<\/p>\n

This detail later led to the accused being taken for investigation and finally arrested under Section 377\/492\/11 of the IPC, which terms bestiality and \u201cunnatural sex\u201d as a non-bailable offence. The arrest was made in less than 48 hours since the FIR was lodged.
\u201cIt was revealed during the investigation as the rapist confessed to the crime and said that he inserted the stick into the dog to kill any possible child that may have been conceived,\u201d says Vijay.<\/p>\n

Citizens Who Care<\/h2>\n