mumbai a 23yearold animal feeder was brutally assaulted by her neighbours over the issue of feeding cats in mumbais bhuleshwarthe victim simrin shukla suffered severe injuries and had to receive 32 stitches on her arm as a result of the attack that occurred on friday night the mishra family simrins neighbors filed a crosscomplaint with the v p road police alleging that they were also assaulted by unidentified individuals on behalf of the animal feeder and others involvedjust smile charitable trusts animal activist sneha visaria assisted simrin in filing a first information report fir regarding the assault visaria expressed shock at witnessing simrin bleeding from her arm and leg due to the attack by rajkumar mishra 40 and two other members of his family while the mishra family filed a countercomplaint claiming that they were attacked by unknown men who accused them of being associated with the feeder it remains unclear who these individuals werevisaria further revealed that four days prior to the incident simrins 14yearold brother had also been assaulted by the same neighbors over the issue of feeding animals however the police had only registered a noncognizable complaint nc at that time on the evening of fridays incident unidentified men forcefully entered the chawl a type of housing and assaulted the mishra family simrin who was returning home after feeding the cats was attacked by the mishras upon their sight previously the mishra family had made derogatory remarks about simrin and her brother complaining that their presence was causing the front door area to become dirty simrin however denies any involvement in the assault on her neighbours by bringing outside individuals into the conflictsimrin the injured animal feeder said i was viciously attacked by the mishra neighbours on friday resulting in stitches on my arm i am currently undergoing medical treatment we have been subjected to harassment for a long time due to the feeding of cats the mishra familys counter fir is false as we had no part in assaulting themkishorkumar shinde the senior police inspector of the v p road police station confirmed that crosscomplaints of assault had been registered between the animal feeder and her neighbours the police are currently conducting further inquiries into the matter as it is not considered a serious crime and involves a conflict related to the feeding of animals no arrests have been made so far