Dog owner booked after ex-Armyman files bite complaint

NOIDA: A retired colonel, whose daughter-in-law was allegedly bitten by a dog in Sector 29, has filed a police complaint against the pet animal’s owner, a retired major general, living in Brahmaputra Apartments in the sector.
An FIR has been registered against the dog owner as he failed to show a vaccination or a pet registration certificate, police said.
The complainant, Col SK Sharma (retd), said around 12.50pm on May 14, his family members were returning home from a local market and were climbing the staircase to his apartment when the dog attacked his daughter-in-law.
“The pet dog of Sanjeev Chaudhary came running out of their home and bit my daughter-in-law on her right calf. It left a deep lacerated bleeding wound and she had to be taken to the hospital for first aid,” Sharma said.
The entire incident was captured in a closed circuit television (CCTV) camera installed on the building’s premises, the complainant stated.
Sharma said he had requested the pet owner to share the details of his dog’s vaccination and its registration number.
“He refused to share the details with me. My daughter-in-law will have to be injected with anti-rabies vaccines that will be administered to her over a period of time,” he said.
The Noida Authority, Sharma pointed out, has issued comprehensive instructions to deal with such incidents.
The Authority had set a deadline to get pets registered, vaccinated and sterilised by January 31. Later, the deadline was extended by a fortnight. Owners will have to pay a fine of Rs 200 along with the registration fee of Rs 500 if their pets are not registered, it said.
Under the revised policy for pet animals, all the owners have to mandatorily get their pets vaccinated against rabies. Along with this, the policy has also made sterilisation mandatory for dogs. The Authority has set a penalty of Rs 2,000 per month for those who fail to do so.
Meanwhile, based on Sharma’s complaint, a case under Section 289 (negligent conduct with respect to animal) of the Indian Penal Code was registered against the pet owner at Sector 20 police station.