Rajasthan Minister’s missing pup traced; police face flak

The Opposition Congress described as shameful, the police hunt for the Beagle pup when serious crimes in Jaipur remained unsolved.

September 22, 2014 11:04 am | Updated 12:09 pm IST - Jaipur

Rajastha Health Minister Rajendra Rathore's Beagle pup 'Charlie' set the Jaipur police on his trail by doing the vanishing act. (file photo)

Rajastha Health Minister Rajendra Rathore's Beagle pup 'Charlie' set the Jaipur police on his trail by doing the vanishing act. (file photo)

A Rajasthan Minister’s missing pet dog has been traced, much to the relief of the local police which was in the line of fire for launching a hunt for the pup at a time when it is yet to crack the shocking gangrape case in Jaipur.

A missing complaint was filed with Sodala Police Station on Sunday when the five month-old Beagle puppy named Charlie was not found in the bungalow of Health Minister Rajendra Rathore since Saturday and the police started a search.

A local man brought the animal to the residence of Rathore on Monday morning and handed it over to the staff, saying he had picked him from the road during a morning walk on Sunday.

“The puppy had gone out of the house on Saturday and was picked by the old man. He inquired nearby but no one claimed ownership so he took the puppy with him and was thinking of leaving it at an animal shelter, but he came to know about the owner (the Minister) through newspapers and brought him to us this morning,” a staffer at the Minister’s residence said.

The police, which was engaged in a search for the dog, refused to comment on the matter.

Congress targeted the police for failing to search the robbers who raped a woman and robbed her family in Vaishali Nagar on Friday last and burglars who targeted a locked house on Saturday.

“Such big crimes happened in the State capital but the police was busy searching for the dog on Sunday. This is shameful,” PCC spokesperson Archana Sharma said.

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