Boy bitten to death by stray dogs

LUCKNOW: In a shocking incident, a group of ferocious stray dogs fatally attacked a 5-year-old boy in Kazipur village of Meerut on Tuesday evening. Allegations are that stray dogs in the area feed on raw flesh disposed of by local butchers and are turning into man-eaters. The canines are alleged to have attacked 17 persons in the past few weeks and repeated complaints lodged with the Nagar Nigam and police have failed to yield any results.
Meerut district magistrate (DM) Kamini Chauhan, when contacted, said that a team has been dispatched from the Nagar Nigam to take stock of the situation and added that action would be initiated accordingly. "We got the information around 10 pm (on Tuesday) and immediately a team was sent to the village where the incident took place," she said.
In the Tuesday incident, reports said that Anuj (5) was playing outside his house in the evening when a group of canines attacked him. The dogs bit him all over, including the neck and face till the locals rushed to boy's rescue with sticks and stones to chase away the dogs. But, by the time the dogs were chased away, Anuj was rendered unconscious and profusely bleeding from the scores of bite marks.
He was rushed to the district hospital where doctors declared him dead upon arrival. According to the attending doctors, the bite marks on the neck of the victim apparently left the trachea of the boy badly damaged causing asphyxia resulting in death.
Reports said that earlier too the dogs had targeted dozens of residents and children and despite repeated complaints, neither the Nagar Nigam nor the police have come to their rescue.
Resentment was brewing among the villagers in Kazipur, particularly against the local butchers, who have been accused of disposing of raw flesh and other waste in the open drains of the village on which the canines feed.