Shocking Video: Bear falls off cliff after being stoned by people

A shocking and inhuman video has gone viral on social media where a brown bear is seen falling into a stream from a steep mountain ridge after being stoned by people in Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir.

This video has reportedly sparked an outrage in the country prompting authorities to launch an operation to trace the animal and the people concerned in the video.

According to India NDTV reports, the eight-second video -- shared on Twitter by former director Tourism, Kashmir, Mehmood Shah - shows a brown bear being stoned by people in Drass area of Kargil district in Ladakh region of the state. Seems like, the bear who had climbed a steep mountain ridge after being chased by the people from the nearby village, but fell into a stream after losing balance after stones being thrown at the animal.

Media reports further state that, the people could be heard cheering as the animal tumbled into the stream. This incident has sparked outrage on the social media as several people, including former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, termed it heartbreaking and inhuman. "Heartbreaking and inhuman. Why invade their habitat in the first place?" Mehbooba wrote on Twitter while sharing the video clip.

Currently, authorities have launched an operation to trace the bear and are also trying to identify the people who attacked it.