haridwar an activist was booked in rishikesh on sunday after she allegedly stole a pet dog a female and sterilised it without the owners permission while the woman has been traced the dog is missing and police are trying to find it the incident took place in tapovan area under the jurisdiction of muni ki reti police station after the owner of the dog lodged a police complaint a case was registered against the activist aditi who goes only by her first name under sections 379 punishment for theft 504 intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace 506 punishment for criminal intimidation of the indian penal code ipc and relevant sections of the animal cruelty actstation house officer sho muni ki reti rk saklani told toi the accused is a volunteer with karma animal trust an organisation which operates in tapovan area she confessed to taking the dog and sterilising it without permission of its owner pradeep pundir she said she assumed it was a stray the dog is still missing and an investigation is on