noida a man shot at a dog belonging to his neighbour allegedly out of frustration over the animals barking on thursday evening in neemka village in jewar police said on saturday the dog is now under treatment at an animal hospital in greater noidapolice said that the accused monu is a resident of jewar the complainant junaid said that at 930pm on thursday his dog was barking at monu who then took out his pistol and shot at the dog monu allegedly also threatened junaid with consequences if the dog barked at him in the futureanjani kumar singh the station house officer sho of the jewar police station said that on the basis of complaint police registered an fir against monu under ipc sections 429 mischief by killing or maiming an animal and 506 criminal intimidation and sections of prevention of cruelty to animals act 1960 monu is absconding and his phone is switched off we are trying to locate him once we have him in custody we will have to check if he has a licensed weapon or not depending on which we can make changes the sho saidanimal lovers said the incident has shocked them and hoped for strict action against the accused radhika kumari a resident of noida said she could not understand how a man could shoot at a dog over such a minor issue dogs have a heightened sense of smell and it is very likely that the dog started barking because he picked up the smell of gunpowder on the accused she saidin march a man and his two sons were allegedly shot at by their neighbours at manan dham in ghaziabad after the victims pet dog barked at one of the perpetrators