3-month-old girl killed by stray dog in Aligarh

Aligarh superintendent of police Kuldeep Gunawat said the family buried the child without informing the police, but investigation had begun after cops at Quarsi police station received the information.

Updated on: Apr 24, 2023, 24:25:09 IST

By Hemendra Chaturvedi, Agra

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Within a week of a retired doctor being mauled to death by stray dogs on AMU lawns, a three-month-old girl was killed by a dog in Swarn Jayanti locality of Aligarh on Sunday.

The victim was one of the twins born to a family headed by Pawan Kumar, a labourer. (FOR REPRESENTATION PURPOSE)

Aligarh superintendent of police Kuldeep Gunawat said the family buried the child without informing the police, but investigation had begun after cops at Quarsi police station received the information.

Sources informed that the baby was dragged away by a stray dog from a Low Income Group house in Swarn Jayanti locality of Aligarh. The victim was one of the twins born to a family headed by Pawan Kumar, a labourer.

The incident is feared to have taken place at about 5.30 am on Sunday. The dog was found carrying the child by morning walkers. They chased the dog, rescued the baby informed her family but the child could not be saved.

It may be recalled that a retired doctor was mauled to death by stray dogs while on a morning walk on the lawns of Aligarh Muslim University a week ago on Sunday. The 65-year-old was talking on his mobile phone when he was surrounded and attacked by a pack of strays.

Earlier this week, the National Human Rights Commission issued notices to the Uttar Pradesh chief secretary and vice chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University over the incident and also asked the secretary, Welfare Board of India to report on the strategy to deal with such incidents.

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Hemendra Chaturvedi
Hemendra Chaturvedi is a senior journalist based at Agra. He covers eight districts of Agra and Aligarh division namely Agra, Mathura, Mainpuri, Firozabad, Aligarh, Etah, Kasganj and Hathras. He had been with HT since 1992 and has completed three decades of association with HT and has worked for Hindustan Times only all through his career of about 35 years. Having Masters in Chemistry, Hemendra is also a law graduate with diploma in Personnel Management and has utilised broad based academic qualifications in his indepth, accurate and high impact stories from this part of western Uttar Pradesh while being based in the city of Taj Mahal. In such long span of career with Hindustan Times, Hemendra Chaturvedi has led his team of reporters which was instrumental in bringing out supplements including Region Scan, Agra Live, HT City time to time and proven his leadership qualities and has made presence of HT felt in the region covered by him. In the process of time, Hemendra has attained expertise in a variety of beats, being sole reporter for HT and has covered Aligarh Muslim University, Taj Mahal centric tourism, religiously sensitive city of Mathura and had been witness to Agra Summit having attendance of top leaders of India and Pakistan.Read More