Kolkata — A man has been detained in Kolkata after he allegedly killed his live-in partner's two dogs after she moved out of their flat, police said, in a case reported by PTI on Sunday.

The accused, identified as Sanjib Bhattacharya, allegedly shared videos with his partner showing how he killed the dogs, according to police. The couple lived in a flat in Bikramgarh, in the Jadavpur area of south Kolkata.

According to police, the woman, who recently quit her job as a DJ, allegedly owed the man a few lakh rupees. She had left her pets — including two dogs and some cats — at the house when she moved out.

“The man has been detained for questioning. Investigation is going on,” a police officer said.

Popular Bengali actor and animal activist Debolina Dutta, who rushed to the spot, said Bhattacharya had identified himself in a video in which he described how he killed the dogs. “In a video clip, he is proudly saying that as his live-in partner, who allegedly owed him a few lakh rupees, quit and moved out of the house, he strangled one dog and smashed the head of another puppy,” Dutta told media persons. These are allegations described from the video and have not been proven in court.

The woman alerted her neighbours after seeing the video, local residents told the media. Police detained the man and took the bodies of the two dogs after neighbours informed them, PTI reported.

A local resident said the man was also heating a bucket of water with an electric heater to pour it on a third pet, and that police arrived before he could kill the third one. Dutta said the man told her he did this out of revenge. The Jadavpur police station was alerted and its officers detained the man, she said.

Police said the investigation is continuing. The allegations in this case are under investigation and have not been proven in court.