Hyderabad: 4-year-old child mauled to death by stray dogs

In a distressing incident that sent shock waves across Telangana a 4 yearold child has been mauled to death by stray dogs here prompting strong public reactions where some even described the menace as terrorWhile a video of the child falling prey to the canines has gone viral Telangana Minister KT Rama Rao termed the incident unfortunate and said he was pained over the episode while the city civic body assured of steps to prevent recurrence of such attacksMany people took to social media and said stray dog attacks have become a menace in many cities and and urged the government to immediately put an end to the issue hereIn the video clip that has gone viral the canines are seen suddenly attacking the boy while tailing him following which he falls down He was walking aloneThe unrelenting pack of strays keep mauling him even as there was nobody in sight that could come to his rescueThe child was apparently carrying a packet containing some food item when the dogs pounced on him a Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation GHMC official saidThe incident which occurred at Amberpet locality on Sunday was caught on a CCTV cameraThe boys father who works as a security guard at a car service centre had taken him and his sixyearold daughter to his workplace located in the areaThe victim suffered serious injuries in the attack and was rushed to the hospital by his father and others where he was declared brought dead the official saidI took my son and daughter to my workplace After some time my daughter came and told me that my son was attacked by street dogs Then I rushed to the spot I put my bleeding son on my shoulders and took him to the hospital but no use I wish no one faces such a situation he saidThe boys sister said she saw dogs surrounding her bother and nobody was there to rescue himThe family hails from Nizamabad district in the stateFollowing the incident a dogcatching drive which is regularly taken up was also undertaken in the area as per the guidelines and as many as 28 street dogs were caught for sterilisation in the last two days but most of them were found to be sterilised the official said adding the dogs were subsequently releasedAlso Read Mumbai Police conduct raids in Juhu ecigarettes worth Rs 30 lakh seizedReacting to the incident minister Rama Rao said it is an unfortunate incidentI really felt pained about it The street dog menace we have been trying to tackle in our municipalities across the state We have created Animal Care Centres Animal Birth Centres We regularly conduct birth control operations of street dogs But when these incidents happen it creates an uproar and furoreRama Rao offered his condolences to the family and said we will ensure our best is done so that these incidents do not recur Biological waste disposal also needs to be increased We will do everything in my capacity so that it does not repeat again I cant bring back the child but my sincere condolences to the familyGHMC mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi told reporters every precaution will be taken to ensure such incidents do not recurThe issue echoed in the virtual space with many netizens expressing concern over the childs deathPeople took to twitter and requested state Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan to instruct the GHMC authorities to take necessary action Some others requestedMinister Rama Rao to look into the matter and conduct an enquiry on the department and take actionA twitter user wrote This issue is everywhere in Hyderabad Not sure what the concerned department officialsstaff doing to control these stray dogs KTRBRS request you to look in to this matter amp conduct an enquiry on the department amp take action Very sad to know that 4 yr boy lost his lifeAnother user said Terror of stray dogs in several places of Hyderabad What is your plan to stop stray dogs menace Municipal Development Minister KTRBRS Kindly instruct staff to immediately attend all stray dogs menace complaints in the city amp stateAnother user tweeted saying 4yrold boy was killed by stray dogs in Hyderabad 21 deaths over 2 lac dog bites in Kerala in 2022Some users drew the attention of animal welfare organisations and animal lovers to the incident and asked them to consider how dangerous it getsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever