HYDERABAD: One person was killed and four others injured after a cow went on a rampage in Pahadishareef on Thursday.
Mohammed Khaja, a 65-year-old man had gone outside for a walk in the morning. He was attacked by the cow on his way back home.
“My father went outside for a walk and while returning, a cow hit him down. He was badly injured and passed away soon,’’ said Mohammed Moin, deceased’s son.
The cow went on rampage for a couple of days. Passersby as well as residents became common targets.
Many received minor injuries while others had to be rushed to close by hospitals. Police sought the forest department's help to catch the cow. A team comprising five to six forest department officials with tranquilizers reached a forested area to capture the cow.
At first, they tried hard to locate it and later when they had spread out, the cow charges at one of the men.
“Before we could react it charged out of nowhere and hit him with its front legs and galloped over him, as he fell down in a heap. It took us a long time to revive our senior officer," said one forest official.
Officials managed to catch the cow and sent it to the gaushala. S Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, SHO Pahadishareef said that the cow was bitten by stray dogs. After that incident, the cow got nervous at any moving object.