In a rather disturbing development, an animal rights activist and her team were allegedly assaulted by a group of locals in Delhiâs Rani Bagh area, for trying to sterilise the local stray dogs.

33-year-old Ayesha Christina Benn, who is the founder of NGO âNeighbourhood Woofâ, posted a video on the internet narrating the incident of the attack, which went viral on social media.

Aayesha Christina running animal shelter - "Neighborhoodwoof" in #Delhi. She and her helping mates were beaten while rescuing dogs.
Why there is so much cruelties?@Cmodelhi @ArvindKejriwal@CPDelhi @DelhiPolice @LtGovDelhi @Manekagandhibjp @gauri_maulekhi @asharmeet02 pls help. pic.twitter.com/OsrwNhl1GZ

â Streetdogsofbombay #Feedastrayeveryday (@streetdogsof) July 4, 2020

âThere were some unfriendly dogs and we were about to catch the last one when a father-son duo came and started questioning one of my team members very rudely. He just told them that they can speak to me instead,â she said.

The duo then allegedly started yelling at the team and even abused them, questioning their work and saying, âwe can even steal their children like thisâ.

The issue then escalated when the locals allegedly blocked her car and vandalised the windows and windshields to pull the team out of the vehicle. âWe ran for our lives, else they would have either killed us or at least thrashed us brutally,â Christina said.

-Ayesha Christina with 3 more was beaten by mob in Rani Bagh, while they were rescuing dogs.
-They somehow reached to Adarsh Nagar Police station with their broken car to save their lives.
-She has shattered pieces of glass all over her face & body!@DelhiPolice @Manekagandhibjp pic.twitter.com/VyIsV86ZRv

â Adv. Ashutosh J Dubey (@iamashu123) July 3, 2020

A bleeding Christina, who appeared to have suffered multiple cuts on her face, did a Facebook Live from the Azadpur Police Station, where she claimed that her complaint was not being registered by the senior police officials. However, on Saturday, she lodged her complaint at the Rani Bagh police station.

People on Twitter reacted to her viral video in droves and are now demanding the accused be identified and brought to justice.

This is so disturbing.
Look at the volunteers of neighborhood woofs AYESHA cristina & her team who have done many things for homeless dogs,animals were beaten up in Rani Bagh (delhi).
Ayesha stands bleeding at police station Azadpur and they refuse to register FIR.@DelhiPolice pic.twitter.com/bGxJGAzqLn

â Tripat Bhatti (@TripatBhatti) July 4, 2020

Ayesha Christina and 3 other people were beaten up for rescuing dogs in Rani Bagh area in Delhi. These people are paying for doing something noble but what is the police and the government doing?@DelhiPolice @ArvindKejriwal @noopurpatel_ @raghav_chadha
https://t.co/e6AILoSV2u pic.twitter.com/b8Kj0yCsD3

â Sinha (@heysristi) July 4, 2020

Delhi is a brutal city and in these times has become even worse. Itâs citizenry is brutal and brutalised. This is the 2nd time that Ayesha Christina of Neighbourhood Woof has been physically assaulted for simply doing her job. https://t.co/RlHMeGTxgZ

â Radha Khan (@RadhaKhn) July 5, 2020

When will the mob culture in our country finally come to an end?

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