7-yr-old mauled to death by stray dogs

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, December 31

A seven-year-old boy was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs at Bahomajra village in Khanna on Friday.

Deceased Om Parkash, son of a migrant labourer, lived with his grandparents at Korhi village. He along with his grandfather and mother had gone to Bahomajra to collect wages when the incident occurred.

“When we reached Bahomajra, Om went to answer the call of nature. He was suddenly cornered by five stray dogs. By the time we rushed to save our child, he was bleeding profusely from the face, throat and other parts. He died on the spot,” said Dindesha Ram, his grandfather.

After the incident, irate villagers lodged a protest against the authorities. The place where the incident took place was ‘hadda rodi’ (where dead animals are dumped) and dogs usually stay there to feed off the carcasses.

“The authorities concerned have been requested many a time to shift ‘hadda rodi’ to a different location, but the pleas have gone unanswered,” alleged a villager.

This is not an isolated incident. On January 26, 2020, a pack of stray dogs had mauled a four-year-old boy to death at the village. Nearly a month after the incident, stray dogs had killed a 12-year-old girl at Samrala’s Naulri Khurd village, also in Khanna district, on February 18, 2020.