108-year-old out on morning walk mauled by dogs

BIJNOR: Ram Kali, said to be over 108 years old, was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs outside Friends Colony in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha district during her morning walk around 4am on Wednesday, reports Harveer Dabas. Neighbours found her body lying outside the colony and alerted her family, who rushed her to a nearby hospital where the doctors declared her dead.

Speaking to TOI, Lakshmi, a relative, said, "My grandmother-in-law was 108 years old. She was mentally ill and often left the house without informing us. Dogs had scratched her entire body and even separated one leg from the body."

The family has not filed a police complaint regarding the incident and she was cremated on Wednesday afternoon. Speaking on the stray menace, Amroha Nagarpalika executive officer Brijesh Kumar said, "Efforts to capture the stray dogs are under way."