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The Superintendent of Police A. Myilvaganan connected Tuesday inducted a one-year-old pistillate Belgian Malinois, named arsenic ‘Rudra’, into their Detective Dog Squad.
At present, the 1986-built kennel connected Old Bangalore Road adjacent the fort houses dogs successful the squad. A nine-year-old Labrador, Agni, is the oldest among them. Along with Rita, 3, a Belgian Malinois, Agni takes attraction of detecting explosives. Their team-mate, Sara, 4, a German Shepherd, is specialised successful uncovering clues astatine transgression scenes.
Another member, Dora, a two-year-old pistillate labrador successful the squad, was besides trained astatine Madras City Police Dog Squad, the oldest canine squad successful the country. New entrant Rudra was trained to observe chiefly drugs and different narcotics.
At the kennel, each canine is fed with rice, beef, boiled egg, milk, and vegetables each day. Daily grooming connected explosives, crime, narcotics, and earthquakes was given. Each canine is taken attraction of by 2 handlers including sub-inspector, M. Gerard Wilson, and caput constable M. Sasikumar.
