+CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: THIS VIDEO CONTAINS DISTRESSING IMAGES+<br /><br />Indians reacted with anger after a construction crew laid a road over a sleeping dog. <br /><br />Workers allegedly poured hot tar on the dog, partially burying it alive, while laying a road near Taj Mahal in Agra, India, on the night of June 12. <br /><br />Noted social activist Naresh Paras told reporters: “The dog was sleeping on the side of the road. Instead of chasing the animal away, they poured burning coal tar over it. Later, a road roller ran over the animal.”<br /><br />The crew left the half-buried carcass on the road, which was spotted by shocked commuters on the morning of June 13. <br /><br />A local resident Virendra Singh said the dog was alive when he saw it in the morning.<br /><br />“The dog’s legs were buried under the tar and it was writhing in agony. The workers refused to break the road to remove it. The dog died after,” he said.<br /><br />A group of local residents and animal rights activists gathered at the site of the incident and staged a demonstration against the Public Works Department (PWD), which is responsible for the road work.<br /><br />But PWD officials put the blame on a private firm to whom the work had been outsourced.<br /><br />Angry protesters seized the construction vehicles and halted work forcing a senior representative of the firm to come to the spot. He expressed regret over the inhumane act and brought in a digger to remove the dog’s carcass. <br /><br />Station house officer of Sadar police station, Narendra Kumar said a case has been registered against RP Infrastructure, the firm which was carrying out the repair work.
