madurai a pet dog belonging to a family from anuppanadi was found to have been killed by unknown people on saturday the one and a half years old indie dog lovingly called pikachu by the family went missing on friday after a frantic search it was found dead near a railway track in the area on saturday evening though it was initially suspected that it may have died by accident injury marks on its head indicated it was hacked to death with a weapon the aggrieved family subsequently buried the dogs carcass animal activist mayur hassija meanwhile filed an online police complaint as it is a criminal offence to mutilate animals according to sections 428 429 of ipc and prevention of cruelty to animals act 1960 the police should investigate further such cruelty is unacceptable as pet dogs are as close to people as another family member a person who kills a dog may be prone to using violence against human beings too he said an fir was yet to be registered