Toddler mauled to death by stray dogs in Hyderabad’s Jawahar Nagar
The Hindu
18-month-old Vihaan mauled to death by stray dogs in Jawahar Nagar, Hyderabad
An 18-month-old toddler was mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs in Adarsh Nagar of Jawahar Nagar in Hyderabad on Tuesday night.
Preliminary enquiry by the police revealed that the boy, Vihaan, was playing outside his house when the stray dogs allegedly tugged at him and dragged him away before he was pounced on by other stray dogs. His parents, Bharat and Lakshmi, found the body with the help of locals who scared the dogs away. He was then rushed to a private hospital. “He succumbed to injuries on his head, limbs and torso at around 9.30 p.m.,” said the police.
Jawaharnagar, on the northeast part of Hyderabad, is home to a large migrant population and the site for a landfill of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). The toddler’s parents hail from Siddipet. A case was booked under Section 194 (suspicious death) of the BNSS by the Jawahar Nagar police.