thane after wednesdays terrible fire tragedy at rambaug lane in kalyan city of maharashtras thane district wherein several animals were burnt to death an fir has been lodged at the mahatma phule police station against owners of three pet shops for negligence and animal crueltyanimal activist and ahimsa fellow shashikanth purohit told toi i have lodged the fir against the owners of kalyanbased pet shops which were damaged in the fire incident on wednesday killing several confined animals like cats birds guinea pigs and mice among others the pet shops were locked from outside during the early morning fire and so there were no human attendants to take away the animals to safety this is cruel negligence and also illegal as the shops did not have valid licenses from the maharashtra state animal welfare boardpurohit added the kalyanbased pet shops named aqua passion maharashtra aquarium and golden fish were operating at the site without valid permission from the state authorities many pet shops in the state generally only apply for the local municipal permits to operate but that is not enough when live animals are involved if these pet shops had fire alarms or sprinkler systems then perhaps many animals birds and fishes could have been savedthe police lodged an fir under ipc sections 429 337 289 268 and relevant sections under the prevention of cruelty to animals act 1960 for criminal negligence and crueltypeople for animals pfa activist from navi mumbai unit vijay rangare commented the state government must strictly start monitoring all the pet shops operating in the state so that they adhere to the pet shop rules of 2018 among the clauses in these rules is that the pet shops must have proper fire safety systems besides other factors for the wellbeing of the caged animals and birds for sale even in navi mumbai areas and panvel taluka most of the pet shops do not follow the safety rulespolice inspector laxman gaikwad of mahatma phule police station is the investigating officer io for this particular case in kalyan