‘Heartbroken, enraged’

Nushrratt Bharuccha, Bhumi Pednekar and others condemn animal cruelty, support Manjari Fadnis’ (below) appeal for community dog Mikey

Actors Nushrratt Bharuccha, Bhumi Pednekar, Sandhya Mridul and others joined the growing calls for justice in an alleged animal cruelty case involving a community dog named Mikey. On Instagram, they expressed outrage as they reacted to an emotional video posted by fellow actress Manjari Fadnis.

In her video, Manjari spoke about the disappearance of Mikey, a community dog loved by residents of her housing society. She revealed that people had spent days searching for him, putting up posters and checking with security staff in the hope of finding him. Describing Mikey as a “really sweet dog”, Manjari alleged that a resident later admitted to brutally attacking the animal while he was asleep.

On her Instagram story, on Tuesday, Nushrratt reposted Manjari’s appeal and strongly condemned the alleged incident. She wrote, “This is Unacceptable!! This cannot be the world we live in!! I am heartbroken and enraged”.

Bhumi tagged the official Instagram account of Mumbai Police and wrote in the comments section, “I am so so so sorry, this is (broken heart emoji) Justice for Mike! @mumbaipolice.”

Sandhya commented, “No yaaar! This is so screwed up. So cruel. I’m so sorry! Keep fighting .. sending you love & strength.”

Actor and standup comedian Vir Das commented, “In so sorry you had to go through this Manjari. Requesting @mumbaipolice to pls take action immediately.”

Actress Sonal Chauhan wrote, “Im so sorry Manjari. This is so heartbreaking and makes me so bloody angry. This person needs to be punished in the strictest way possible. Pls do not let this person get away with it.”