BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi, who was seen beating the Uttarakhand Police horse Shaktiman, has been arrested and sent to 14-day judicial custody.
The BJP MLA was arrested on Friday in Dehradun and charged with attacking the horse whose leg has been amputated.
This is the second arrest in the case after a BJP worker Pradeep Bora was arrested for the alleged assault on Thursday. Bora was a part of the protest march led by BJP Mussoorie MLA Ganesh Joshi, which was agitating against alleged cases of corruption, when the horse was injured. Bora was arrested from Haldwani.
Meanwhile, his daughter Neha Joshi accused news channels of "sensationalising" the whole episode. "It's a witch-hunt led by some sections of the media and the Congress party in the state. We are not at all worried but confident that the truth will prevail," Neha said.
On Thursday, the leg of Uttarakhand Police horse Shaktiman was amputated. Doctors diagnosed that blood supply to injured leg had stopped so it had to be amputated.
Doctors had anticipated that the horse might die by Friday if the leg is not amputated. "Doctors were of view that horse might lose its life by Friday morning due to the spread of gangrene, so they decided to amputate the leg urgently," the Uttarakhand DGP said.
The incident took place on March 14 during a protest against Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat near the state Assembly in Dehradun. The horse Shaktiman, part of the Uttarakhand Mounted Police, fell down during the protest after Bora allegedly tried to pull it down.
Joshi was seen trying to hit the horse with a stick and was also accused of breaking its leg. He has, however, maintained his innocence claiming he was just trying to scare the animal.
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