A three-year-old toddler was brutally mauled to death by a pack of stray dogs in the early hours of October 20 after she wandered out of her house in Maharashtra’s Jalna town while her father was sleeping, PTI reported citing police.
According to the police, the incident took place in the Yashwant Nagar area of Jalna on October 20 around 3.30 am when the girl was wandering outside.
Toddler beaten to death by strays: What we know
A police official told PTI that the toddler has been identified as Pari Goswami. She was supposed to accompany her mother and elder sister to their hometown in Bihar on October 19 but decided to stay with her father, he added.
Later in the early hours of October 20, while her father was sleeping, Pari came out of the house, allegedly in search of her mother, and went into the street. There, she was attacked by a pack of stray dogs and the girl was dragged to a nearby open plot, the official added.
Pari was rescued by a police constable who was out for a morning walk, who noticed the dogs mauling the child and immediately chased them away, the official said.
The local police were alerted and the seriously injured girl was taken to a hospital where doctors declared her brought dead, he added.
According to the official, the tehsil police have registered a case of accidental death and further investigation is underway.
Stray dogs attack foreign coaches at World Para-Athletics Championships
On 4 October, two separate attacks by stray dogs on foreign coaches were reported at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium warm-up track during the World Para Athletics Championships (WPAC).
Japanese fencing coach Meiko Okumatsu and Kenyan sprint coach Dennis Maragia Mwanzo were both bitten by stray dogs while overseeing their athletes’ training ahead of competition rounds. The security guard at one of the entrance gates of the stadium was also attacked. All three incidents happened within 30 minutes of each other.
Both coaches were treated on site at the Athlete Medical Room and then taken to Safdarjung Hospital where they received appropriate treatment before being taken to their team hotels, according to the organisers.
