Stray bull gores farmer to death

Our Correspondent

Khamano, June 25

A farmer of the nearby Ranwan village was gored to death by a stray bull in the village last evening. The deceased has been identified as Jodh Singh (62).

Jodh Singh was going to the village gurdwara when a stray bull attacked him from behind. As he raised the alarm, the bull again attacked him. Soon, some villagers gathered there and scared the bull off with sticks.

A severely injured Jodh Singh was rushed to a private hospital at Khamano where he was declared brought dead. His brother Kashmira Singh said stray bulls had attacked many persons in the area but the authorities concerned had failed to take any action.

Meanwhile, the deceased was cremated in the village.

Khamano SDM Jashanpreet Kaur said she had directed the BDPO and the bull had been shifted to a gaushala. She had also directed the officials concerned to chalk out the next course of action to deal with this stray menace.

The SDM said they would try to get compensation for the aggrieved family from the state government in case they were contacted by the family in this regard.