Police said that the public noticed the man indulging in the unnatural act with the stray dog on the Sathanur road near Channapatna town. The people thrashed the man and handed him over to the police.
Police said that the dog was tied and the accused was caught red-handed while raping the dog.
The police stated that the accused has been identified as Basava and police are questioning him, adding that they are yet to book a case as the people who handed him over to them refused to lodge a complaint.

Recently, a youth was booked with an FIR for trying to rape a stray dog in an inebriated state in Chikkamagaluru district. The incident had taken place in the limits of Jayapura police station.

The acts of the youth to behave in a vulgar manner with the street dogs were recorded on the CCTV. The police had taken up the case following a video of the incident going viral on social media.