Toddler mauled to death by stray dogs in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: A two and half-year-old girl was mauled to death by stray dogs while she was playing outside an under construction apartment building at Gayatri Nagar.

According to police, the victim and her sister were attacked by two dogs while they were playing at the construction site where the children’s father, a native of Chhattisgarh, has been working. The incident took place on April 12. The family originally from Chhattisgarh had shifted to Hyderabad five months ago for livelihood.

Police said the sisters were playing on the road when the two stray dogs attacked them. The child was rescued and taken to a local hospital. However, due to the severity of the injuries, she was referred to another government hospital here, where she was declared dead. A case was registered and investigation is on, they said.

Many such incidents:

In a similar distressing incident, a one-year-old boy was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs when the child's father and other family members were asleep in their hut in Shamshabad near here in February this year.

In March 2023, a six-year-old boy, who had stepped out of his home to pick his paper plane from the road, was chased and attack by a stray dog.

In Dec 2023, a pet dog attacked a 10-year-old boy in Borabanda and he suffered minor injuries.

Inputs from PTI