<p class="title">Police stopped a dog fight planned in Nihal Singh Wala, located about 79 Km from Ludhiana after Union minister Maneka Gandhi's intervention.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police registered a case under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 against the organizers of the proposed dog fight show on Friday. </p>.<p class="bodytext">An advertisement of the show had appeared on the walls of Nihal Singh Wala recently, prompting the deputy commissioner to direct the district police to take immediate action.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A police officer said the matter was brought to the attention of the deputy commissioner by Gandhi's office.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police investigation revealed that trained pit bulls and other breeds were to take part in the show, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The women and child development minister had in February raised the issue of the growing menace of dog fighting, a blood sport in which canines are made to attack each other, with Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.</p>
<p class="title">Police stopped a dog fight planned in Nihal Singh Wala, located about 79 Km from Ludhiana after Union minister Maneka Gandhi's intervention.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police registered a case under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 against the organizers of the proposed dog fight show on Friday. </p>.<p class="bodytext">An advertisement of the show had appeared on the walls of Nihal Singh Wala recently, prompting the deputy commissioner to direct the district police to take immediate action.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A police officer said the matter was brought to the attention of the deputy commissioner by Gandhi's office.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police investigation revealed that trained pit bulls and other breeds were to take part in the show, he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The women and child development minister had in February raised the issue of the growing menace of dog fighting, a blood sport in which canines are made to attack each other, with Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh.</p>