CHANDIGARH: Three stray dogs mauled a one-and-a-halfyear-old boy to death in a park in Sector 18 D on Sunday.
The mother of the boy who works as a maid had left him with one of her acquaintances running a tea shop near the park, asking him to look after him while she completed her chores at a house nearby. Ayush, a resident of Palsora, was playing along with three other children in the park when the canines attacked them. While the other kids fled, he could not run away. By the time the tea vendor and his mother came to his help, he was badly bitten. A police control room (PCR) vehicle took Ayush to Government Multi-specialty Hospital, Sector 16, where he was declared brought dead.
Doctors said, “The child had died almost 20 minutes before he arrived at the hospital.”
Inspector Devinder Singh, SHO, Sector 19, said, “We have initiated inquest proceedings under Section 174 of CrPC.”
The incident has scared and shocked residents, who feel unsafe walking on main roads too. Bobby, a resident of sector 18, said, “Stray dog menace is on the rise. Not only internal roads, strays have taken over the main roads too.”
Baljinder Singh Bittu, president, Federation of Sectors Welfare Association (Foswac) told TOI, “The
municipal corporation had failed to control the dog menace. All their tall claims have fallen flat.”
Ayush, the toddler died