Police have started investigating an incident of a man torturing and flinging a cat in Gaaf Alif Villingili.

The police investigation was launched after a video of the incident emerged on social media. The case is under investigation by the Villingili police station, Police Spokesperson Ahmed Shifan said.

The video shows a man carrying a cat by its legs and hurling it over a high wall.

The torture of cats has become commonplace in recent years. There was a serial killer of stray cats in Male' in 2019. Dead cats were found with their heads bashed in.

An incident of a cat stabbed on the street also occurred in November last year. The man who stabbed the tummy of the pregnant cat was later arrested by the police.