“Just for fun.” This was what the boys who burnt alive three puppies at a Hyderabad graveyard last week were believed have told police. They were playing cricket in the area and found these two-month old puppies moving around there. The youngsters between and 10 and 17 years were detained on Thursday, a day after a video of the incident they shot and posted on Facebook went viral on the social media. Nagam Pravallika, animal welfare officer at a Hyderabad organisation, said: “Obviously, they are not normal children and are out and out criminals.”Read | Dog thrown off roof in Chennai alive, undergoing treatment: Police A clinical psychologist told HT their act pointed at criminal tendencies.

Source: Hindustan Times July 21, 2016 11:24 UTC