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Police horse Shaktiman passes away

Speed News Desk | Updated on: 10 February 2017, 1:50 IST

Police horse Shaktiman, who was brutally beaten up during a BJP protest in Dehradun, succumbed to his injuries on 20 April.  The horse was provided a prosthetic leg and was showing signs of improvement.

A  team of experts had made tremendous efforts to rehabilitate the horse and it had recently undergone a five-hour surgery led by a team of 10 doctors. However, it is being said that the horse could not survive the final amputation surgery and died after an infection set in.

The actual cause of death is yet to be ascertained.

ANI quoted BJP leader Ajay Bhatt as saying, "Saddened, state government is to be blamed for Shaktiman's death, the medical treatment was inadequate." 

BJP worker Ganesh Joshi who was slapped with cruelty of animal charges was arrested and later released on bail. 

Shaktiman had been a part of police ceremonial parades since it was a three-year-old pony.

First published: 20 April 2016, 6:17 IST