LUCKNOW A 62-year-old girl was injured after allegedly being attacked by a pack of stray dogs whereas she was taking a night stroll on the Srishti Residence advanced in Lucknow’s Jankipuram space on Friday.
The sufferer, Archana Verma, a resident of C-804 Srishti Residence, sustained accidents on numerous components of her physique.
“I used to be out on a stroll in the night when three stray dogs attacked me with none provocation,” mentioned Verma, a former lecturer at Authorities Inter Faculty in Lucknow.
“I cried for assist, after which one of many residents in our constructing rescued me,” she added.
“We then took her to the close by St Mary’s Hospital the place she was given remedy,” mentioned the sufferer’s husband, Ashok Verma, a retired HAL worker.
“This isn’t the primary time… the identical strays have been attacking residents. To this point, they’ve attacked 20-25 folks in ours and a close-by society,” he added.
Abhinav Verma, chief veterinary officer, Lucknow Municipal Company mentioned a workforce will probably be despatched to catch the stray dogs and they are going to be sterilized.
“The LMC is sure to go away the captured stray dogs again to the place the place they have been picked up from as per courtroom’s order,” mentioned a resident Vivek Sharma.
SIMILAR INCIDENTS
SEPT 8: A girl, Rinky Singh, 45, was allegedly attacked by a Pitbull of a neighbour at Celeb Greens at Rishita Tower.
AUG 16: A pet canine allegedly attacked a 14-year-old boy Samarth, a resident of C-Block in Indira Nagar, when he had gone to fetch milk from an area dairy on his bicycle. An FIR was lodged by the sufferer’s father in opposition to the proprietor of the canine.
APR 28: A pack of stray dogs allegedly attacked a 78-year-old retired principal of Kendriya Vidyalay in Jankipuram space of Lucknow, leaving the sufferer severely injured.
JUN 7: A pack of 10-12 stray dogs allegedly attacked two minor ladies – Paridhi Sonka, 9, and Mishthi Sonkar, 7 – enjoying outdoors their houses in Wazirganj. The duo sustained many accidents on their physique.