SAHARANPUR: A group of children were playing at a village garden in Uttar Pradesh when a pack of stray dogs attacked them. Most of them managed to escape. A 12-year-old boy couldn't. He was surrounded and mauled, and died on the way to a local hospital.
The incident took place in Saharanpur's Padli Grant village under Mirzapur police station on Friday afternoon.
Locals, including the village pradhan, demanded immediate steps to catch all the stray dogs from the village. Stray dogs' menace is spread across the region, Kamil Ahmed, the pradhan, said.
"In our village, over 50 stray dogs are roaming freely. They cause nuisance and even attack people. Today, they attacked and killed a 12-year-old boy. Children and their parents are living in fear. The local administration should pay attention to this incident and take action," Ahmed added.
Mirzapur station house officer Bhanu Partap said, "There has been no complaint yet. Appropriate action will be taken if someone approaches the police."
When contacted, additional district magistrate SB Singh told TOI, "We are sending a district official to the village to conduct a probe. Further action will be taken accordingly."
The nagar panchayat chairman was unavailable for any comment.
