Verdict in a case filed against security guard Md Siddique for killing two dogs and their fourteen puppies in the capital's Rampura in October last year will be delivered today.

Metropolitan Magistrate in Dhaka Md Khurshid Alam will deliver the verdict at 11:30am, court sources said.

Earlier, the prosecution and defence completed their arguments and the court recorded statements of five prosecution witnesses, including complainant of the case.

In the case filed with Rampura Police Station, it was alleged that the security guard of Bagichartek Welfare Association, a local youth engagement club in Rampura, buried the dogs and puppies alive on October 25, 2017.

After getting information, Rakibul Haq Emil, founder and chairman of People for Animal Welfare (PAW) Foundation, along with police went there and recovered the bodies. Police then made inquest reports where they found injury marks on the bodies.

The news also caused a social media uproar among animal rights activists. 

Later on November 11, Rakibul filed a case against Siddique with Rampura Police Station under the Cruelty to Animals Act, 1920. On November 30, SI Nasiruddin and the investigation officer of the case pressed charges against Siddique.

FIRST JUDGMENT

Dhaka Chief Judicial Magistrate Jesmin Ara Begum on May 11 last year delivered the first ever judgment under the act, fining Md Mamun of Savar Tk 300 in a case filed with Savar Police Station. 

FIRST CASE

In July 2015, Bangladesh made the first arrest in an animal cruelty case. Police arrested three people for beating a dog in the streets of Rampura. Obhoyaronno, an animal welfare group, filed the case with Rampura Police Station. That case is now under trial.