Mumbai: Four held for horse-drawn carriage racing

Four people have been arrested for allegedly racing on two horse-drawn carriages on a busy road here, a police official said. According to the officer, the police were called when an NGO complained about the unlawful activity on the busy Goregaon-Mulund Link Road. According to the representative of Dindoshi police station, the NGO was informed on Sunday of a horse-and-carriage race in the western area of Goregaon.

When the NGO staff reached the spot, they found a group of people on two horse carriages racing on a bridge. These people were running the horse carriages in the middle of the road without any safety precautions for the animals, the official said.

The Dindoshi police have registered a case against the four under the Indian Penal Code and the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. They have been identified as Russel Jasinto, Lary Jasinto, Bhaskar Vaish and Dilip Dakwa, the official said. The police inquired with the accused about the licence to operate the horse carriages but they failed to produce it, the official added.