Noida, Nov 21 (PTI) A man in Greater Noida of Uttar Pradesh was caught on camera thrashing his pet dog and throwing him on the ground, police on Thursday said.

Inspector-in-charge of Ecotech-3 Police Station Anil Kumar Pandey said a video appeared on social media Wednesday in which a person, who looked like a woman, was seen beating a dog.

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The incident took place in Mahagun Mantra Society and the person was identified as 40-year-old Harishankar Gupta, he said.

"In the blurry video circulated on social media, the accused of beating the dog appeared to be a woman, but investigation revealed that he is a man who wears women's clothes and has long hair," he said.

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Several users on social media, including Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon, expressed their outrage at the video.

Responding to the post, Tandon demanded "strict action" against the accused.

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