A five-year-old boy was allegedly bitten by a neighbor's pet dog in Shahdara's Geeta Colony area on Saturday. Reportedly, the victim, Muhib Khan had to undergo a surgery following the incident. His condition is currently stable, reported PTI.
According to police, at nearly 7.30 am on Saturday, the boy was playing in his house in Sarojani Park, Shastri Nagar area of Geeta Colony when a neighbour's pet labrador entered the house and attacked him.
He was shifted to a hospital after his family members rescued him. The boy had to undergo surgery since the dog fractured his left arm.
According to an officer, when the father of the victim confronted his neighbour over the issue, he was allegedly threatened by the pet dog owner.
The police filed a complaint under sections 289 (negligent conduct with respect to animal), 337 (causing hurt by act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), based on the complaint of the victim's father.
The labrador's owner, Yashpal Singh (48), was detained, according to the police, who also stated that additional investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Meanwhile, recently, there have been sudden spike in similar dog attack incidents, even causing the victims' deaths.
In yet another similar incident, an eleven-year-old boy was found dead in a suspected case of a stray dog attack in Muzhappilangad town in the district.
According to the Edakkad police, the boy, Nihal, went out of his house on Sunday evening and when he did not return, the family and the locals started searching for him.
After searching for some time in the area, the boy's body was found around 8 pm in Muzhappilangad town, a police officer said.
"The child's body bore multiple injury marks which seemed to have been caused by an animal bite," the officer was quoted as saying by the news agency ANI.
"He was unconscious and rushed to a hospital. The doctors at the hospital declared him brought dead," the officer added.
The body has been shifted to the mortuary.
In May this year alone, a 9-year-old girl child playing outside her house in Meerut city was killed by a pit bull.
While in March, two siblings, aged seven and five years, were killed within two days allegedly by stray dogs in two separate incidents in Delhi's Vasant Kunj area.
(With inputs from agency)