Viral claim of owning a "Rs 50-crore dog" brings ED to Bengaluru man’s door: What they found could spark another viral story

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) visited a man’s house on Thursday after he claimed to have imported a dog worth Rs 50 crore. However, according to a PTI report, this turned out to be false.

Sources told PTI that the central agency’s officers found the man had “no means” to afford such an expensive dog. The claim appeared to have been made just to gain attention on social media, they said.

The man had reportedly said he bought the “world’s most expensive” dog, a cross between a Caucasian Shepherd and a wolf. His post spread quickly online and caught the eye of the ED, which looks into violations of foreign exchange rules.


Acting on this open-source information, ED officials visited his home to verify the claim. But they discovered the dog actually belonged to his neighbour and was not even worth Rs 1 lakh.

Photos of the dog had gone viral, but ED sources confirmed that the story was completely fake. They also told PTI that no investigation has been started under the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA).